• Subject: RE: Copyfile to PC with fixed record length
  • From: "Mark Villa" <markvilla@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:58:18 -0400
  • Importance: Normal

Your text :A file (AS/400) has records whose last field is
Your text :alfa, so most of the
Your text :records have trailing blanks.
Your text :I want to copy the file somewhere accesible to a PC,
Your text :as fixed length
Your text :records, but all records get truncated to the last
Your text :non-blank character.
Your text :
Your text :I've tried with
Your text :- CPYTOPCD
Your text :- CPYTOIMPF
Your text :- CPYTOSTMF
Your text :- FTP
Your text :How can it be done? Any suggestions? TIA

Antonio,
try this prior to transfer:

If you are a client to an as/400
quote site trim 0

If you are on the AS/400
locsite trim 0

The byte count should be higher now, and correct. Your file viewer may try
to trick you depending on settings for preserving trailing spaces.

Mark in Charleston.

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