Use of a desktop editor + ftp, in this case, is simply expedient. Rob
On Thu, Mar 31, 2022, 14:52 Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:54:40 -0400, Rob Schramm wrote: > > >Just ftp to desktop with an editor like Ultra edit. > > > Would IBM recommend that if one of their products has a bug > you simply use one from a competitor? > > >It is annoying that the 3.17 has weird limitations for file sizes. > > > Is the size limit peculiar to 3.17 or a fundamental limit of ISPF Edit? > > How big is the OP's file? > > ISPF Edit and XEDIT appear to be RECFM=V-ignorant. They > appear to convert to Fixed on input and back to V on Save, > corrupting trailing blanks in the round-trip. > > Does Edit translate the entire file on input, and translate it back > on Save, or does it translate only as needed for display? > > (Good questions for ISPF-L.) > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
