What does LISTF say?
I know with message files, and when you call to FCONTROL with 
controlcode=46, FFLEINFO returns the size of the data records, including 
the 4 byte header.

Maybe be something similar for CIR files as well?

Michael Anderson,
J3k Solutions




Brian Donaldson wrote:
> I have an interesting little situation going on that I hope someone out there
> in Lister Land will be able to shed some light upon.
>
> I have a Cobol program (PM program) that FOPEN's a circular file with the
> correct rec size (320 bytes).
>
> Further down in the logic prior to the FWRITE it calls FFILEINFO to get the 
> rec size prior to the FWRITE. FFILEINFO is giving me a rec size = 324 bytes.
>
> And so, the FWRITE fails with a 43 error code (boundary violation) which
> would be correct based upon the 324 bytes rec size.
>
> I am puzzled as to why FFILEINFO is returning 324 bytes as the rec size instead 
> of 320 bytes which was the rec size used in the FOPEN.
>
> Is the file system adding on another 4 bytes because this file is a 
> circular file and if so, why?
>
> Comments, suggestions appreciated as always.
>
> TIA,
> Brian Donaldson.
>
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