This might work:

FILE QSLIST=RESULTS.PUB.TWL;NEW;DEV=DISC;NOCCTL

Hope so.

Bob Tyler...

On 11 Jun 1998 03:34:01 GMT, "Sajeeva Perera" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hi
>
>My current file equation is
>
>FILE QSLIST=RESULTS.PUB.TWL;NEW;DEV=DISC
>
>I find that there is an unwanted character at the biginning og the record.
>I think that is CHR(0). My real data starts from the second character. When
>I try to import files generated by this equation to Excel, Access etc I am
>having lots & lots of problems because of this unwanted character. I have
>heard that this can be avoided with some changes in the equation.
>Unfortunately I dont know to specify the equation that way.
>
>CAN SOME ONE HELP IN THIS ?
>
>rgds
>Chalaka, Sri Lanka
>
>
>