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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When using the READLINE command to read sequential
records</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>e.g.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
bytes=READLINE(handle,destination,length)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When a line consists of just a newline character,
the number of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bytes read and returned in "bytes" may be
zero. However, there </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>could be m</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>any
records that follow this line.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How can I detect the EOF, End-of-File? Is a
negative number </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>of bytes returned? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>None of the Documentation I have, STN Manual,
Online FilePro</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>help, etc, answers these
questions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TIAA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John</FONT> </DIV>
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