export and writing the file to the disk

[Dennis Malen]

Hello everyone,

Just found this problem. I am not sure if it is filePro or UNIX problem. I 
am on 4.8 filePro and AIX Unix.

Here's the problem. I have an output processing table that creates an ascii 
file with "export ascii". It is a fixed length ascii file being created. The 
file is written to the disk correctly. All information is correct and 
intact. We'll call this fileone. In the next line I use:

system "cp /tmp/fileone /tmp/filetwo"

When I view fileone it has all the info in it. When I view filetwo its has 
3/4's of the file but not the whole file.

Obviously I have a timing issue. I tried creating fileone in a call 
processing table thinking it would slow up the system before it gets to the 
copy command in the main processing table. No such luck! When I create 
fileone I do use the "write fileone" command for each line so the line being 
send should be appended immediately.

I'm sure someone has had a similar problem and can suggest a fix. It would 
be most appreciated.

Regards,

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912