Re: Retaining fixed length on cpytoimpf

You could try using CPYTOSTMF rather than CPYTOIMPF, and specify
ENDLINFMT(*FIXED).

This will give you the trailing blanks you want, but you don't get a
carriage return or linefeed on the end.

If you need the carriage return and/or linefeed, you could, I suppose, make
your iSeries file 18 bytes long rather than 16 bytes long and include
x'0D25' (= EBCDIC carriage return linefeed in positions 17 and 18 of the
record). These will become x'0D0A' when converted by CPYTOSTMF with
STMFCODPAG(*PCASCII).

Pete

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "McIntyre Don" <dnmcin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:12 PM
Subject: Retaining fixed length on cpytoimpf


> I have created a 1 field fixed length (16 length) file
> on the iSeries and need to copy this file/s to the IFS
> or a windows directory while retaining the fixed
> length.
>
> I've tried cpytoimpf using many different parameter
> settings & also ftp.  In all attempts, the trailing
> spaces are trimmed on the target file. I need the
> target file to retain the 16 positions with carriage
> return.
>
> Does anyone have an idea how I can accomplish this?
>
> An example for file F11001001 is:
> > denotes carriage return or end of file.
>
> ISeries value:
>
> School 1100       >
> 000023            >
> 000046            >
>
> Target value is:
>
> School 1100>
> 000023>
> 000046>
>
> Thank you,
> Don McIntyre
>
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