I've always used an execute to AIX its fast with very little overhead EXECUTE "SH -c 'wc -l filepathandanme'" CAPTURING RESULTS
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [U2] Field Count from a Seq File I hope someone can show me an easy way to get the number of lines from a sequential file - without looping through the file. I am running UV 10.x on a AIX box. I open the file using an OPENSEQ command and I am looping through the record using a READSEQ command. Either immediately after the OPENSEQ or after the first READSEQ, I would like to know if there is more then 1 line in the file. I know that prior to doing the OPENSEQ, I could open the file, read the record and then DCOUNT(RECORD,@FM) to get the number of fields, close the file and then do a sequential open and read. I am hoping that there is a system variable or something that I can use after the OPENSEQ. Looping through the record is not a viable option. Thanks Jim ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
