> There could also be a corresponding FTOV which similar options, perhaps > specifying a TRUNC=??, which would truncate the any trailing ?? bytes in > the input data. >
John, DFSORT does have a parameter to remove any trailing character. You can use OUTFIL'S VLTRIM parameter to create VB output records of different lengths from FB input records. To remove the trailing blanks from the end of each VB output record, use VLTRIM=C' ' (or VLTRIM=X'40') like this: OUTFIL FTOV,VLTRIM=C' ' Here is the documentation link which explains it in detail with examples. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.iceg200/ice2cg_Converting_FB_to_VB.htm Thanks, Kolusu DFSORT Development IBM Corporation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
