If you want the last block to be padded with binary 0s, make that
... | Fblock 100 00 | ...
Regards,
Richard Schuh
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On Dec 6, 2010, at 09:47, Schuh, Richard wrote:
> If you want the last block to be padded with binary 0s, make that
>
> ... | Fblock 100 00 | ...
>
I rarely want the last block to be padded. I consider this a
practice that conceals failures that should be discovered as
early as possible. I s
I generally try VMARC UNPACK first. If it fails, I try the 'fblock 80 00'
approach. It usually does solve the problem. I have had infrequent cases where
dumps that I have packed using VMARC could not be unpacked by the vendor
without using 'FBLOCK 80 00'. It may or may not be a horrid practice;
On 2010-12-06 13:52, Schuh, Richard wrote:
I generally try VMARC UNPACK first. If it fails, I try the 'fblock 80 00'
approach. It usually does solve the problem. I have had infrequent cases where
dumps that I have packed using VMARC could not be unpacked by the vendor
without using 'FBLOCK 80
I do not currently have one; however, a VMARC packed dump file that I sent to
CA about 6 months ago had the problem. They said that the unpack failed, so I
sent it a second time. When they could not unpack the second copy, I had them
try the fblock 80 00. That worked - the unpacked record and by
You know, while on the subject of VMARC, I wonder how many times I've wished
that I could:
PIPE < HUGE VMARC * | VMARC UNPK | loads of filters or whatever... | Output
stage
It's still hard to believe that I have no choice but to VMARC UNPK a file to a
disk (sometimes really large, 2-5K cylind
On Dec 6, 2010, at 17:10, Larson, John E. wrote:
> You know, while on the subject of VMARC, I wonder how many times I've wished
> that I could:
>
> PIPE < HUGE VMARC * | VMARC UNPK | loads of filters or whatever... | Output
> stage
>
> It's still hard to believe that I have no choice but to V
On Dec 6, 2010, at 16:28, Schuh, Richard wrote:
> I do not currently have one; however, a VMARC packed dump file that I sent to
> CA about 6 months ago had the problem. They said that the unpack failed, so I
> sent it a second time. When they could not unpack the second copy, I had them
> try t
