:sh.hpbin.sys
$ ls stop.data -l
ls: File or directory "stop.data" is not found
ls: File or directory "-l" is not found
$ ls STOP.DATA -l
ls: File or directory "STOP.DATA" is not found
ls: File or directory "-l" is not found
$ 


:LISTF STOP.DATA,2
ACCOUNT=  DEV         GROUP=  DATA    

FILENAME  CODE  ------------LOGICAL RECORD-----------  ----SPACE----
                  SIZE  TYP        EOF      LIMIT R/B  SECTORS #X MX

STOP                4B  FA           1          2  64       16  1  *


:LISTF STOP.DATA,-3
********************
FILE: STOP.DATA.DEV             

FILE CODE : 0                   FOPTIONS: ASCII,FIXED,NOCCTL,STD
BLK FACTOR: 64                  CREATOR : MGR.DEV              
REC SIZE: 4(BYTES)              LOCKWORD:                      
BLK SIZE: 256(BYTES)            SECURITY--READ    : ANY        
EXT SIZE: 0(SECT)                         WRITE   : ANY        
NUM REC: 1                                APPEND  : ANY        
NUM SEC: 16                               LOCK    : ANY        
NUM EXT: 1                                EXECUTE : ANY        
MAX REC: 2                              **SECURITY IS ON       
                                FLAGS   : NO ACCESSORS         
NUM LABELS: 0                   CREATED : MON, DEC  8, 2008,  1:29 PM
MAX LABELS: 0                   MODIFIED: MON, DEC  8, 2008,  1:29 PM
DISC DEV #: 1                   ACCESSED: THU, JUL 30, 2009,  2:45 PM
SEC OFFSET: 0                   LABEL ADDR: $00000013.$000CC320 
VOLCLASS  : MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET

:DISC  On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:58:44 -0600, Gary Robillard
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hi Brian,
>
>What does an 'ls -l' of STOP.DATA show?
>
>If I do a 'touch STOP.DATA from within the shell, then echo ABCD >>
>STOP.DATA, I see 5 bytes...
>Wouldn't the last byte be the end of line character(/n)?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gary
>
>Gary Robillard
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>Of Brian Donaldson
>Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:50 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [HP3000-L] Bytestream File Question
>
>STOP.DATA has one 4 byte record in it.
>SENTMSG4 is a 1 byte bytestream file.
>
>FCOPY FROM=STOP.DATA;TO=SENTMSG4
>HP31900A.05.04 FILE COPIER (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1999
>
>LOCKWORD: SENTMSG4.PUB.DEV?
>
>*200*WARNING: FROMFILE RECSIZE IS 4 BYTES, TOFILE RECSIZE IS 8192 BYTES.
>CONTINUE OPERATION (Y OR N) ?Y
>EOF FOUND IN FROMFILE AFTER RECORD 0
>
>1 RECORD PROCESSED *** 0 ERRORS
>
>
>END OF SUBSYSTEM
>
>:LISTF SE@,2
>ACCOUNT=  DEV         GROUP=  PUB
>
>FILENAME  CODE  ------------LOGICAL RECORD-----------  ----SPACE----
>                  SIZE  TYP        EOF      LIMIT R/B  SECTORS #X MX
>
>SENTMSG           128W  VBM          8     100008   1      512  2  *
>SENTMSG2          346B  VAM          8       1145   1      464  2  *
>SENTMSG3            1B  BA       49158      50000   1      416  2  *
>SENTMSG4            1B  BA           5      50000   1      416  2  *
>
>
>Why is the listf showing an eof = 5 when fcopy only fcopy'd ONE record?
>
>TIA,
>Brian Donaldson.
>
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