Export fixed length

[scooter6 at gmail.com]

  Thanks Mike - that's exactly what's needed -- doesn't really follow their
own syntax in their examples, but at least it works
  Much appreciated

  Scott

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Mike Schwartz <mschw at athenet.net> wrote:

>  > Trying to create an export (fixed length) using following syntax:
> >
> > export ascii ach=/appl/fpmerge/achtest.txt -X r=\n
> >
> > then do all my field assignments, etc
> >
> > ach(1)=1;ach(2)=2...etc
> >
> > When the file is created it's not adding a line feed after each record?
> >
> > I have tried with and without the r=\n ??
> >
> > When looking at the output file, it just lists the records one after the
> other
> >
> > i.e.  file looks like:
> >
> > 627065400153        45496004627314074269     104280298
> >                                            ^ new record should start here
> >
> > Should look like:
> >
> > 627065400153        45496004
> > 627314074269        104280298
> >
> > Why is it not adding the line feed?
> >
> > Thanks for any insight
> >
> > Scott
>
>     With the -X option, as I recall, you have to add your own carriage
> return/linefeed (or whatever you want to terminate each record with)
> yourself.
>
>     For example, you need a line like:
>
> ach(10)=chr("13") {chr("10")
>
>     at the end of the fields you are writing, if you want a DOS formatted
> file.
>
> Mike Schwartz
>
>
>
>
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