A question for the group: I have JPG format records which I wish to copy from unix level into a Universe file but am having trouble with it getting 'corrupted' during the copy. We are converting from pi/open to universe.
I can do this business in pi/open by changing the name of the source file, prepending it with a $, then copying at TCL level into the pi/open file. For example, if the record at unix level is named 1234.jpg and is in the directory SOURCE I run this command at unix level: mv 1234.jpg \$1234.jpg which changes the name. Now at TCL level in pi/open I can issue the command COPY FROM SOURCE TO IMAGE_FILE $1234.jpg After that, I can change the name back within the pi/open file: CNAME IMAGE_FILE $1234.jpg 1234.jpg and the copy is complete. Pi/open knows that if the record name starts with a dollar sign that it is binary and should not be changed. Once the copy from a unix directory into the pi/open dynamic file is done I can use it successfully. In Universe I attempt to do the same thing. The 1234.jpg name is changed to $1234.jpg and then copied into the Universe file UNIV_IMAGE_FILE, a dynamic (type 30) file. But it doesn't work very well - the image is corrupted, the binary file was messed with during the copy. I know the jpg record is intact before I start the copying. I wouldn't need to bother with a copy to a Universe file, in fact, except that we have over 130,000 images now and I can't believe a unix directory could successfully handle that many records. Any suggestions on copying so that the binary remains intact? Thanks- Harold Harold D. Oaks Sr. Analyst/Programmer Office of the Budget and Information Systems Clark County, Washington ph: (360) 397-6121 x4132 fax: (360) 397-2342 ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
