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| From | Nils M Holm <nmh@sraddha.invalid> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.cpm |
| Subject | Re: Transferring text files to CP/M ? |
| Date | 2025-07-23 09:14 +0000 |
| Organization | TARFU |
| Message-ID | <mebngbFnm7dU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/07/2025 4:37 am, John wrote: >> >> A properly written program will stop at the EOF marker ($1A), so there is no need to pad additional $1As after the first one.? All that data is 'don't care' mode as it will never be processed. That's the way I've always done it. >> ... > > I think I'll do that from now on. Padding the file length out to a record > was done out of an abundance of caution. But if nobody else has found it > necessary, then it's less work for me. I had a utility to pad files but > being an extra step, it was more hassle than worth. Just to add another data point: all programs I have written so far would interpret a single $1A as the EOF. -- Nils M Holm < n m h @ t 3 x . o r g > http://t3x.org
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Transferring text files to CP/M ? dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2025-07-22 23:25 +1000
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Re: Transferring text files to CP/M ? dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2025-07-23 12:06 +1000
Re: Transferring text files to CP/M ? Nils M Holm <nmh@sraddha.invalid> - 2025-07-23 09:14 +0000
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