Re: Transferring text files to CP/M ?

dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> wrote:

On 23/07/2025 4:37 am, John wrote:

 
A properly written program will stop at the EOF marker ($1A), so there is no need to pad additional $1As after the first one.? All that data is 'don't care' mode as it will never be processed. That's the way I've always done it.
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I think I'll do that from now on.  Padding the file length out to a record
was done out of an abundance of caution.  But if nobody else has found it
necessary, then it's less work for me.  I had a utility to pad files but
being an extra step, it was more hassle than worth.

Just to add another data point: all programs I have written so far
would interpret a single $1A as the EOF.

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