Would an IND$FILE transfer work with the CRLF option without the ASCII option?

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 12:49 AM Farley, Peter x23353
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>
> In fact I did try it, and Rexx ignored the LRECL=200, as expected.  As I said 
> in an earlier reply, the longest actual record (block) size was 222.
>
> Peter
>
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> Seymour J Metz
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> Subject: Re: Is there any way to convert RECFM=U to RECFM=V with a utility or 
> script?
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> I would hope that REXX would ignore LRECL for RECFM=U. If you try it, please 
> let us know what happens.
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> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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> On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 21:03:17 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>
> >> DCB=(RECFM=U,LRECL=200,BLKSIZE=27998)
> >
> >Despite the LRECL, I take this to mean that the records can be up to 27998.
> >
> What do Rexx (and other utilities) do if a record/block exceeds 200?  Either 
> for input or output.
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