RE: Updating Text Data in a Stream File

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Keith:

> I have an ASCII Text File in the IFS (Code Page 819) populated by
> CPYTOIMPF. A feature of this command is that line endings CR & LF are
> created (ASCII 0D & OA). However, this creates a null line at the end
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> Looking back through the archives shows a number of postings on this
> topic and suggestions on how to resolve the problem. One way that I'm

Sorry, but I missed what "the problem" is, even on the third read.  Are you
referring to the 0x00 ending of the file (which is the standard "end of
file" indicator for any text-based system) ?  If so, what problem is the
standard causing you?  If not... would you mind enlightening me/us?

Dennis Lovelady
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