Re: source file download via CA/400

[Carl Galgano <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard:
If you use FTP to transfer the data then the trailing blanks should be
truncated.  There was a thread not to long ago that was the opposite of
your problem.  The question went something like how do I always get all
records in a file to have a fixed length in FTP.  The answer was to include
a character at the end of the record.

Also, you can also do this by using the CPYTOPCD command.  There is a
parameter for *TEXT/*NOTEXT.  I don't remember which makes the PC file have
variable length records, but a quick test should verify the correct parm.
The CPYTOPCD command will take the source PF member and create a PC
document in a shared folder.  Then use the shared folder support in CA to
get the document to the PC.

HTH.
Carl

At 10:02 AM 12/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Seasons greetings!!!
>
>I was wondering if someone could help me with a minor problem.
>
>We're doing a lot of cgi programming for web pages using rpg.  We store
>the html in source file members on the as400.
>
>Typically, our html developers design the pages on PCs, and I transfer
>them to the 400 via client access.  The problem is that, sometimes, I
>need to do the reverse - download the files to a pc, so that the web
>developers can make changes.
>
>The problem lies in the fixed record length nature of source files.  All
>the records have padded spaces at the end, making it more difficult to
>edit using pc based editors.   It's not a big deal, just an annoyance.
>
>My question is this, does anyone have a decent way of downloading fixed
>length records, but only transfering the non-blank portions of the
>records, I assume by somehow appending a carriage return to the end of
>each record?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>rick
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