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I am trying to create a line sequential file with record length 150 bytes (fixed format). The requirement is that the last 50 bytes of the record should be blanks. Finally, when I am opening the file the actual record length is 100 bytes. That means that the last 50 bytes are truncated. solve this problem?

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Last Update: September 24, 2006 Asked by: vagoro

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