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> I assume that this is a simple problem that someone here has already
> solved... [convert var-length bytestream file to fixed length]

Wouldn't the HP supplied FROMBYTE/TOBYTE programs do this?  At the very
least, "frombyte" would convert this to a VARIABLE length file, which in
turn can be FCOPY'd to a fixed length file as needed...

> and still terminated with CRLFs.

that doesn't make sense -- if the record is "fixed length", why would there
be any need for a CR/LF?

Actually, my first thought was a "simple COBOL program" along these lines:

 DATA DIVISION.
   01  FIXED-BUFFER.
       05  VAR-BUFFER  PIC X(whatever).
       05  filler    pic x value %15.
       05  filler    pic x value %12.

 PROCEDURE DIVISION.

   MOVE   SPACES TO VAR-BUFFER
   ACCEPT VAR-BUFFER FREE
   DISPLAY FIXED-BUFFER.

[in a loop until EOF/EOD, of course...]

Note: the code above is simply being "paranoid" ;) -- I *think* pre-loading
the input buffer with spaces may not be needed...

Of course, if the CR/LF thing is "still a problem", you might have to do
some string manipulation/searching for the "original" CR/LF and replace them
with spaces, i.e.,

   INSPECT VAR-BUFFER
     REPLACING ALL %15 WITH SPACES
               ALL %12 WITH SPACES.

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