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From: bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ASCII text from File Pro?
Message-ID: <306@bilver.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 89 03:16:51 GMT
References: <3580021@eecs.nwu.edu>
Reply-To: bill@.UUCP (Bill Vermillion)
Organization: W. J. Vermillion, Winter Park, FL
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In article <3580021@eecs.nwu.edu> olsen@eecs.nwu.edu (Jeff Olsen) writes:
>
>  I am looking for a way for export ASCII text from a File Pro (by Small
> Systems) data file.  Any ideas?
>

Use the export command - it has 4 switches, one of which is ASCII.

It's on page 13-103 of the manual.

Also there is an import command.

Using the two I have successfully merged data out of WordPerfect on a PeeCee,
FilePro on Xenix, and some sort of homebuilt data base in Cobol on a Burroughs
A-10. 

Just pick your switches and delimiters.  I did have to tag an explicit
delimiter on the file in one instance.  Works fine.  Moved a 25,000 record 3
Mbyte file from an IBM 80 to the Burroughs with no problems.


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