Export file and the use of Append -a

[Bill Vermillion]

On Mon, Oct 18 22:44 , while denying his reply is spam, John Esak 
prattled on endlessly saying: 

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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Kenneth
> > Brody
> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:16 PM
> > To: Dennis Malen
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> > Subject: Re: Export file and the use of Append -a
> >
> >
> > Dennis Malen wrote:
> > >
> > > In my prior responses I was specifically told that (r=\n) for a
> > fix length
> > > file. I did confirm that it now works with chr("10").
> > [...]
> > > > > > > export ascii rnf=(pn) -a
> > [...]
> >
> > But you're not using "-X" here.
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> This was a little confusing to me, too. He mentioned
> "fixed-length" (which is -X as far as I know) and then he
> mentioned earlier that you said he could not use -X with -a.
> (why?) And wouldn't the -X give him the record ending all by
> itself (no need for th chr("10") thing? I'm still confused...
> and I thought I _kenw_ this stuff. :-)

When I was doing a lot of exporting of filePro to a mainframe,
and the loading from the mainframe, the PC community seemed
to think fixed lenght always had a record deliminter.

The PC's would litteraly lock up when a pure fixed lenght record
was shipped to so much of the software on those.

>From my POV the PC world has redefined the definition of
fixed length.

Bill


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