Fw: Export file and the use of Append -a

[Bob Stockler]

On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 03:07:28PM -0400, Dennis Malen wrote:
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| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
| To: "Bob Stockler" <bob at trebor.iglou.com>
| Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 3:06 PM
| Subject: Re: Export file and the use of Append -a
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| 
| > Bob,
| >
| > Thanks for the reply. Only question is the set up of out(1). Can I use
| dummy
| > fields in the following manner:
| >
| > aa(10,*)=1,bb(5,*)=7
| >
| > out(1)=aa&bb&"\n"
| >
| > The length of the filepro file may not be what the client wanted and they
| > may be looking for a different length of field.

Sure.  (But your example assumes left-justified fields.  Be careful.)

Bob

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