Problem:

Problems converting a fixed length line sequential file to variable length idxformat4.

The input file is LSEQ 662, fixed length.  The output file is mf4 format variable length 662-4089.

Using the command:

rebuild infile, outfile -o:LSEQ,IND -t:mf4 -k:1-48 -r:v662-4089

getting the error message 'REBUILD aborted - Invalid key specification - key not contained in record'.

The -r option specifies the record format.  However, the input file is fixed 662 and the output file is variable.

How do I specify the input and output record formats in the same command?

Resolution:

Sequential files do not have header information  so the organization and record length must be specified. There is only one keyword for record length (-r) and it is not possible to specify a different record length on the input and output files.

To get around this, run the conversion in two steps:

Try running the conversion from lseq to mf4 first:

rebuild infile, outfile1 -o:LSEQ,IND -t:mf4  -k:1 45 -r:f662

Then convert fixed to variable:

rebuild outfile1,outfile2 -r:v662-4089