Export file and the use of Append -a

[Dennis Malen]

Ken,

Then how does one create a fixed length file and append to it.

Dennis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at bestweb.net>
To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
Cc: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: Export file and the use of Append -a


> Dennis Malen wrote:
> [...]
> > 1. export ascii rnf=(pn) r=\r r=\n -x -a
> [...]
> > The problem is that when we attempt to append to (1) (the fixed length)
it
> > rewrites the file. It does not append.
> [...]
>
> >From the upcoming 5.0.14 readme:
>
> > (All) #714
> >
> >     EXPORT ASCII with both "-a" and "-x" flags didn't work.
>
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