RE: Using generic program to read multiple file formats

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's an excerpt from program we use in emergencies to do a direct read
from tape that looks like it could be modified to suit your purpose.  The
program reads from qtape to the data structure and writes to outfile using
exception output.  When we call the program we override outfile to the
appropriate file.  The record lengths are chosen to be arbitrarily large. 


  FQTAPE   IF  F     750            SEQ                        
  FOUTFILE O   F     750            DISK                       
  IFLD1        DS                                              
  I                                        1 250 FLDA          
  I                                      251 500 FLDB          
  I                                      501 750 FLDC          
  C/EJECT                                                      
  > -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Dixon [mailto:rob.dixon@erros.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 12:12 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Using generic program to read multiple file formats
> 
> 
> Al
> 
> Many thanks to you and to the others who have replied for your
> suggestions.
> 
> I didn't make myself clear.  I want to read a file that did not exist
> when the
> generic program was compiled, by using a file override.  
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