Regardless of how the file is built, if it contains binary data create a binary file and transfer it as such, you will save yourself some headaches.

Once the file is on the UX side strip the last byte.

Krikor

--- On Mon, 2/9/09, Charles C Cookston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Charles C Cookston <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Mpe: How to Transfer odd-byte files
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 4:30 PM
> 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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> -----Original Message-----
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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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