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- REM Sample of conversion of an ASCii file
- REM
- REM DSN card(s) indicate the drive/path/dsn of the input file and
- REM the drive/path/dsn of the file(s) to be created
- REM cc 4-42 = input file cc 43-80 = output file
- REM
- DSNSAMPLE.ASC SAMPLE1.CMA
- REM
- REM INP card signifies input file type ASC=Ascii DIR=Direct
- REM note that for DIR the LRL card must be present
- REM default is ASC
- INPASC
- REM
- REM HDR card causes first line of file to be dummy field labels
- REM as defined in FLD cards - default no HDR card
- HDR
- REM
- REM LRL card causes records which are not that length to be dropped
- REM for Ascii files and gives record length for Direct files
- REM default is ASCII CRLF actual length of each record
- LRL060
- REM
- REM SKP card causes the first XX records to be bypassed
- REM default is no skipping
- SKP01
- REM
- REM DRP card(s) cause records which include the search field to be
- REM bypassed - default is no dropping
- DRPReagan
- REM
- REM CHG card(s) will do a global search/replace on ~ separated fields
- REM fields must be same length or strange results may occur
- REM default is no changes
- CHG~Newman~Smith ~
- REM
- REM ZRO card causes blank Numeric fields to be output as ASCII 0
- REM default is to output field as a blank
- ZRO
- REM
- REM FLD cards define the output format/attributes by input column(s)
- REM cc4 = C for Character data N for numeric
- REM cc5-7 = field start position
- REM cc8-10 = field length
- REM cc 11 = Compress output field Y or N (remove blanks)
- REM cc 12- = Dummy field label used for HDR option
- REM
- FLDC001019YName
- FLDC020022YStreet
- FLDC042012YCity
- FLDC054002NState
- FLDN056005NZip
- REM
- REM GO card tells program to execute current request(s)
- GO
- REM Sample of conversion of a DIRect file
- REM
- REM DSN card(s) indicate the drive/path/dsn of the input file and
- REM the drive/path/dsn of the file(s) to be created
- REM cc 4-42 = input file cc 43-80 = output file
- REM
- DSNSAMPLE.DIR SAMPLE2.CMA
- REM
- REM INP card signifies input file type ASC=Ascii DIR=Direct
- REM note that for DIR the LRL card must be present
- REM default is ASC
- INPDIR
- REM
- REM HDR card causes first line of file to be dummy field labels
- REM as defined in FLD cards - default no HDR card
- HDR
- REM
- REM LRL card causes records which are not that length to be dropped
- REM for Ascii files and gives record length for Direct files
- REM default is ASCII CRLF actual length of each record
- LRL060
- REM
- REM SKP card causes the first XX records to be bypassed
- REM default is no skipping
- SKP01
- REM
- REM DRP card(s) cause records which include the search field to be
- REM bypassed - default is no dropping
- DRPReagan
- REM
- REM CHG card(s) will do a global search/replace on ~ separated fields
- REM fields must be same length or strange results may occur
- REM default is no changes
- CHG~Newman~Smith ~
- REM
- REM ZRO card causes blank Numeric fields to be output as ASCII 0
- REM default is to output field as a blank
- ZRO
- REM
- REM FLD cards define the output format/attributes by input column(s)
- REM cc4 = C for Character data N for numeric
- REM cc5-7 = field start position
- REM cc8-10 = field length
- REM cc 11 = Compress output field Y or N (remove blanks)
- REM cc 12- = Dummy field label used for HDR option
- REM
- FLDC001019YName
- FLDC020022YStreet
- FLDC042012YCity
- FLDC054002NState
- FLDN056005NZip
- REM
- REM GO card tells program to execute current request(s)
- GO
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