Costas,

This can be done using the following PUT command...

PUT <sourcefile> <targetfile>;rec=-100,<bf>,f,ascii

The BUILD options are still there - just put them after specifying the
target file, and separating with a semicolon.

Best,
Joe

Joe Geiser, CSI Business Solutions LLC
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On Monday, September 29, 1997 10:55 AM, Costas Anastassiades
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> Hello all,
>
> Under 4 we could FTP a 56 byte file into a 100 byte file by specifying
> the
> BUILD option of the command GET. The result would be that the target
> file
> would contain 56 of data and 44 spaces.
>
> Under 5 we've discovered that the resulting records don't contain 44
> spaces, but instead contain 44 bytes of data from the next record of the
> source file.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this "first few hours with 5.5 on our
> production systems" problem ?
>
> We've got a work around in place, so the lights have stopped flashing
> and
> the sirens have quieted down a few dB, but it would be nice to know
> "why"
> the difference.
>
> Ugh, I hate these Monday morning challenges ....
>
> Costas Anastassiades,
> Information Systems Dept.,
> INTRACOM SA,
> Athens-Greece
>