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October 1997, Week 4

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Subject:
maximum record size of a file that can be built
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Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 24 Oct 1997 21:49:48 -0500
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> Does anyone know if there are any plans to increase the maximum record
> size of a file that can be built.  The current limit is 16383.
>
> ex:     BUILD X; REC=16383,,F,BINARY; DISC=1 {succeeds}
>         BUILD X; REC=16384,,F,BINARY; DISC=1 {fails}
>
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While I don't know what is planned for fixed records in this area, a
workaround might be to use a bytestream file with your own record delimiter.
Used this way, one "record" could consume the whole 4GB file.

Richard Gambrell ([log in to unmask])

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