Re: 255 chars in xedit

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From: Darren Evans-Young
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 21:03

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On Tue, 6 Oct 1992 15:08:04 EDT <kdlutes@UALR.EDU> said:
>I tried many times, but was never able to get record lengths longer than
>255.  I thinks thats an XEDIT limit.

Nope, nope, nope.

First,  enter: XEDIT fn ft fm (WIDTH nnnnn
Second, once in XEDIT, on command line enter: LRECL nnnnn
Third, enter: TRUNC nnnnn

You will now have a file with an LRECL of nnnnn

Darren

Darren Evans-Young                                  darren@ua1vm.ua.edu
Seebeck Computer Center                             70651.2605@CompuServe.COM
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa               (205)348-3988

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Subject:      Re: 255 chars in xedit
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