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Subject: Re: batch log files and EDT
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Date: Fri, 17-Apr-87 14:42:35 EST
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	I have found that using the FDL file below with CONVERT is an
	easy solution to "fixing" files written as batch logs, via DCL
	Open/Write statements, etc.  As an example of one of my standard
	uses for it, I have a daily batch job that writes a file via
	DCL Open/Write, and this file must then be used by a program that
	can't handle print carriage-control files.  The FDL file,
	DCLCONV.FDL is used in the following CONVERT command:

	Convert /Fdl=Dclconv Datafile.Txt;0 Datafile.Txt;-1

	Here is DCLCONV.FDL:

TITLE	"DCL file converter"

IDENT	"26-JUL-1985 18:17:23   VAX-11 FDL Editor"

FILE
	BEST_TRY_CONTIGUOUS	yes

RECORD
	CARRIAGE_CONTROL	carriage_return
	FORMAT			variable
	SIZE			512

					-Jim Murawski
					-Carnegie Mellon Computing Services
					-Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.

Disclaimer:  Any opinions in the above message do not necessarily reflect
	     the opinions of my employer, Carnegie Mellon.
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