Providing that you are *not* dealing with hundreds of thousands of records
you can also do the following:
 
:EDITOR
Text varfile
set fixed
set right=80,length=80
keep fixfile,unn
exit
:
 
Regards
 
Paul H. Christidis
 
 
 
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Subject: Re: Converting Variable Files To Fixed
Author:  [log in to unmask] at CCGATE
Date:    8/15/1996 8:05 AM
 
 
Use FCOPY.
 
FILE FIXEDFLE;REC=-lrec,,F,ASCII;DISC=numrecs
FCOPY FROM=VARFILE;TO=*FIXEDFLE;NEW
 
Leonard Berkowitz
RIA Group (Warren, Gorham & Lamont)
617-292-8349
 
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Subject: Converting Variable Files To Fixed
Author:  "Santavy; Chris" <[log in to unmask]> at Internet-Exchange
Date:    08/15/96 2:00 PM
 
 
I want to convert/copy a variable file to a fixed file.
 
All of the records on the variable file are of the same length.  I want the
record length of the Fixed file to be set this.
 
Any suggestions please.
 
Chris