RE: Squash a file

[Scott Mildenberger <Smildenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Art,

If you take the flat file (I assume a PF) and do a CPYTOPCD it will end up
in a 'PC' text file without adding any <LF> or <CR>.  This is what we do to
e-mail edi documents.   Do you also need to remove trailing spaces from the
record?  Our flat file already has them removed.

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Tostaine, Jr. [SMTP:Art@link400.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:43 AM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Squash a file
> 
> I have a EDI transaction file that I am sending to someone and they have
> requested that I strip the
> <LF><CR> out of the text file before I send it to them.
> 
> I am not using a translator, so I write out a record for each record type
> to my flat file.
> 
> Anyone know of a utility that will squash it down?  I know that
> Trailblazer systems does this in
> their Zmodem product (Hey Tim McCarthy).
> 
> How can I write some AS/400 code to read the record based file and write
> it out like a stream file?
> CPYTOSMTF doesn't strip the stuff as far as I can see, even with
> ENDLINFMT(*FIXED)
> 
> Art Tostaine, Jr.
> CCA, Inc.
> Jackson, NJ 08527
> 
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