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Subject:	Re: Utility to read/edit files on windows os
From:	"Emerson, Tom" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Emerson, Tom
Date:	Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:04:54 -0700
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Are you sending spool files?  If so, check for "carraige control" -- this adds a hidden byte to the beginning of the record...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On

> ...  Does anybody know of a good utility to do that once I have the file on my 
> win2000pro/win-xp-pro pc?
> We would like to be able to tell what ftp "got" from the hp, even if I
> specify ;rec=-500,,f,ascii on the get.  On outside vendor is 
> telling us the
> records are 501 bytes when they should be 500 ...

Good old "dos" edit may be helpful at times [it should show garbage chars, if any, or at least an "unexpected space" at the beginning of the record]

Another avenue to consider on the 500-vs-501 front is whether or not a program is translating "just a line-feed" into a carraige-return/line-feed pair (and then if the outside vendor is "counting" that extra byte instead of considering them both to be the record terminator)

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