[Info-vax] *.xml files - carriage return's go into file in VMS - how toremoveCR's?

[David J Dachtera]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
> David J Dachtera wrote:
> > JF Mezei wrote:
> >> Your dir/full shows the file already has RAT=CR attribute. (carriage
> >> return carriage control).
> >>
> >> If it didn't have it, it would be a simple matter of doing SET
> >> FILE/ATTRIB to enable RAT=CR and see RMS hide those end of line CRs for you.
> >>
> >> One thing you could try:
> >>
> >> SET FILE mumble.xml /ATTRIB=RAT=NONE
> >>
> >> Edit it, and see if you now have 1 or 2 CRs at the end of the line.
> >>
> >> then:
> >>
> >> SET file mumble.xml /attrib=RAT=CR
> >>
> >> and see if the CRs have magically disapeared.
> >
> > Changing a file's record attributes does not change the file's content.
> 
> It does not change the physical content of the file (the blocks of
> the file).
> 
> But it does change the logical content of the file (the records)
> by making the CR part of the record delimiter instead of part
> of the record.

You're confusing Record Attributes (RAT) - which do NOT change the way
your program views the data - with record Format (RFM) - which does.

D.J.D.