HP-UX SNAplus2 RJE User's Guide

SNAplus2 RJE Components and Operation

Processing Input Data

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• It separates text data into records at ASCII new-line characters, and

sends each line of the text as a separate record. If a line is longer

than the speciﬁed record length (see previous section), SNAplus2

RJE splits it into two (or more) records as necessary. For example, if

a line 100 bytes long is sent using the default record length of 80

bytes, it will split the line into an 80-byte record and a 20-byte

record.

• SNAplus2 RJE regards binary data as a continuous sequence of

bytes, and splits it into the maximum record size without scanning

for new-line characters.

Compressing Job Files

Job ﬁle compression can improve the overall processing time for a job if

you are sending large ﬁles to the host containing sequences of more than

four of the same character (including the space or null characters) in

succession. The RJE workstation conﬁguration speciﬁes whether job ﬁles

submitted to a workstation will be compressed.

The use of compression depends on whether the host supports it. Check

with your host personnel if necessary. If the host conﬁguration speciﬁes

that it supports compression, the workstation will send the job

compressed.

This option does not affect output received from the host. SNAplus2

always accepts compressed ﬁles sent from the host or ﬁles that are not

compressed.