Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-07 Thread Schuh, Richard
I do not know for sure what they did. Times were hectic. Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List > [mailto:cms-pipeli...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:54 PM > To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.E

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
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

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file, and VMARC

2010-12-06 Thread Larson, John E.
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

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
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

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
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

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
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;

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
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

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-06 Thread Schuh, Richard
If you want the last block to be padded with binary 0s, make that ... | Fblock 100 00 | ... Regards, Richard Schuh > -Original Message- > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List > [mailto:cms-pipeli...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Sunday, December 05,

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Dec 4, 2010, at 22:11, Glenn Knickerbocker wrote: > Paul Gilmartin wrote: >>pipe < / | deblock fixed 1 | block 100 fixed | > img2 /tm >> >> It took a long time. I washed my hands afterward. Is there a >> better way? > > ... | fblock 100 | ... > Thanks. I think I used to know that. > (I

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-04 Thread Glenn Knickerbocker
Paul Gilmartin wrote: > pipe < / | deblock fixed 1 | block 100 fixed | > img2 /tm > > It took a long time. I washed my hands afterward. Is there a > better way? ... | fblock 100 | ... (I never quite understood why this was a separate stage and not an option of BLOCK.) ¬R

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-04 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Dec 4, 2010, at 12:19, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > I have V 8192 file containing binary data. The last record > may be short (it was created by FTP BINARY). I want to reblock > it to V 100 with the last record possibly short. I want the > output file to contain the same total number of character

[CMS-PIPELINES] Reblocking a binary file

2010-12-04 Thread Paul Gilmartin
I have V 8192 file containing binary data. The last record may be short (it was created by FTP BINARY). I want to reblock it to V 100 with the last record possibly short. I want the output file to contain the same total number of characters as the input file: no separators, terminators, delimite