Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ICS.UCI.EDU!iglesias%unxa.uci.edu From: iglesias%unxa.uci.edu@ICS.UCI.EDU (Mike Iglesias) Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: Re: Extra space in UAF records Message-ID: <12200.8612231807@unxa.uci.edu> Date: Wed, 24-Dec-86 05:23:24 EST Article-I.D.: unxa.12200.8612231807 Posted: Wed Dec 24 05:23:24 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Dec-86 18:50:03 EST References: <861222071633.0f2@nmfecc.arpa> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 12 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa You might consider using the $GETUAI/$SETUAI system services instead of writing to the file directly. That way, your program will be more independent of changes in SYSUAF in the future, and you won't have to worry about the fillers. Of course, use of these system services requires VMS v4.4 and up, so if you aren't running 4.4 or 4.5, you're going to have to figure it out the hard way. Mike Iglesias University of California, Irvine iglesias@ics.uci.edu (arpa) miglesias@ucivmsa (bitnet)