That is true, and they do not contain trailing blanks. However, ver h 1 * will pad the display with trailing x'40's on any short record.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of P S > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:28 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: XEDIT Question > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Schuh, Richard > <rsc...@visa.com> wrote: > > Suppose you are editing a file that has RECFM V and you want to see > > the hex translation. You enter the command VER H 1 *, and you are > > immediately presented with the hex data. Is there any way > to prevent > > XEDIT from padding short records with x'40's? Any way short of > > rewriting a chunk of the XEDIT code, that is. > > No. > > CMS RECFM V non-executable files "aren't supposed to" have > trailing blanks. > > (At least, that's the philosophy!) >
