I usually set up a record that is 10 times the odd record in length and put
10 records into it.
Then on the receiving side I break the file back down by dividing the big
record into 10 little ones.

Charles C Cookston
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 2:41 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] Mpe: How to Transfer odd-byte files

Dear HP3000-L
I'm trying to figure out how to send odd-byte files from MPE to unix.

We're implementing a new ERP system, and one of the data import file 
descriptions indicates that the file must be fixed-length ASCII, with each 
record being 149 bytes.

No matter what I do on MPE, the file still winds up as 150 bytes.

The file is created in PowerHouse QTP, and I've been able to create the file

with the necessary fields in the necessary locations, and when I do a
listf,2 on 
the file, it shows 149 bytes:

FILENAME  CODE  ------------LOGICAL RECORD-----------  ----SPACE----
                  SIZE  TYP        EOF      LIMIT R/B  SECTORS #X MX
FUPLOAD8          149B  FA         831        831   1      496  2  *

But, when I transfer it, it comes out the other side as 150 bytes.

Here's what I've tried:
1. Reflection transfer, specifying to keep trailing blanks, with host record
size 
of 149 bytes.
2. FTP to an hp-ux server.
3. Posix shell:  cat the file | cut -b1-149 > newfile and then reflection 
transfer / ftp newfile

Is there anything else I can try?
Thanks!

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