Peter said... *Yes, I did one in Rexx and it worked without an issue.* Well done. I was a bit glib about 2 lines. One at a time is always safer.
I'm always amazed how REXX can crunch these oddball files. Off topic but I've had some great success with SDSF RGEN this week. Solved an issue we've had for months... On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 9:31 AM Farley, Peter x23353 < peter.far...@broadridge.com> wrote: > That wouldn't work here I'm afraid. Nothing against Paul, he does some > amazing stuff, just not here. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Mike Schwab > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 6:58 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Is there any way to convert RECFM=U to RECFM=V with a utility > or script? > > I think Paul wrote one for his MVS 380 project. > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:43 PM Tom Marchant > <0000000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 19:05:55 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353wrote: > > > > >The records are actually variable length data, up to 200 bytes of > actual data with no length prefix (no RDW/BDW). No binary data, only text > characters. I suspect a *ix text-format file as the vendor source but have > no proof of that. > > > > No binary data at all? > > ASCII or EBCDIC text? Or perhaps Unicode? > > Or is it text with CR LF or something to delineate the records? > > If not, how can you tell that the records are up to 200 bytes? > > > > Sorry, no answers, just questions. > > > > -- > > Tom Marchant > -- > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
