QUIZ record EOF truncates blanks

[Pickering, John (NORBORD)]

The terminal i/o driver is smart enough to truncate each line after the last
non-blank character. Why send trailing blank characters to a screen on which
they will not be displayed?? 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Karman, Al [SMTP:AKarman@USFreightways.com]
> Sent:	Friday, March 02, 2001 2:31 PM
> To:	'Pickering, John (NORBORD)'; Powerh-L@sphere.swau.edu; 'Knox, Dave
> (Dallas, CSC)'
> Subject:	RE: QUIZ record EOF truncates blanks
> 
> Here's the fcopy dump...
> 
> gsmgr:fcopy from=ids012;to=;hex;char
> HP31900A.05.02 FILE COPIER (C) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1990
> 
> 
> 
> 
> IDS012 RECORD 0 (%0, #0)
> 
> 0000: 3130 3132 3420 2020 2020 2020 2020 2030 10124          0
> 0008: 3033 3531 3120 2020 2020 2050 3030 3938 03511      P0098
> 0010: 3420 2020 204D 5230 3031 3234 3934 3137 4    MR001249417
> 0018: 3230 3030 3030 3031 3030 3030 3130 3232 2000000100001022
> 0020: 3339 3530 3030 3030 3030 3130 3634 3030 3950000000106400
> 0028: 3030 3030 3030 3638 3036 3931 3230 3030 0000006806912000
> 0030: 3030 3030 3030 3030 3031 3034 3030 3030 0000000001040000
> 0038: 3030 3030 3830 3132 3138 3630 3030 3030 0000801218600000
> 0040: 3030 3030 3030 3530 3030 2020 3030 3030 0000005000  0000
> 0048: SAME: TO 0058-1
> 0058: 3030 3638 3037 3036 3553 4D4C 5520 3433 006807065SMLU 43
> 0060: 3430 3530 2D32 3030 3130 3330 3131 2020 4050-200103011
> 0068: 2020 2020 20
> 
> The trailing blanks are reflected in the dump (originally viewed with
> :PRINT/display functions).  How come they aren't reflected in the MPE
> record?  Again, the rec length is correct ....
> IDS012            213B  FA           3          3   1       16  1  *
> But I still get <cr> deposited at pos 208.
> 
> 
> Al Karman
> IT Consultant
> US Freightways 
> akarman@usfreightways.com
> 773.824.2284
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