Tony,
Almost sounds like Minisoft created it as a BINARY file.
Anyway, I would use ftp to do the upload. You would then have full control over the target file format e.g.
put csvfile mpefile;rec=-nnn,,v,ascii
put csvfile mpefile;rec=-nnn,,f,ascii
HTH
François
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tony Girgenti
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Upload variable length records ASCII file
I did not see this in the postings, so i am posting it again.
Hello Roy.
We receive a csv ASCII file from a bank onto a Windows XP computer. The
records in the file are of varying length. The fields in the file are all separated
by a comma. At the end of each record is a CR/LF. However, if one of the
fields in a record is smaller than the same field in another record, that causes
the CR/LF in the record to be in a location(column) that is different than other
records. Consequently, the records in the file from the bank are of varying
lengths.
Since we are using Minisoft WS92 as a terminal emulation program to log on to
the HP3000, we are also using Minisoft to upload the bank's csv ASCII variable
length record file to the HP. In the upload to the HP, there is no option in
Minisoft to specify that, the file being uploaded to the HP, should be created
on the HP as a variable length file.
Once the file is uploaded from the PC to the HP, I have an HP COBOL II
program that i want to open the file with and read it sequentially from
beginning to end. After reading the first record, which is 256 bytes in length,
the data in the first 256 bytes, contains all of the first record plus some of the
second record. The second record read contains the second part of the
second record and part of the third record. I guess what it is doing is giving
me 256 bytes at a time, but the records are really different lengths.
Please let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks for all of your help.
Tony
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