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Re: input line too long for buffer [message #5081] Thu, 21 September 1995 00:00
bowman is currently offline  bowman
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In article <43s0bb$1ta@armf18.dow.on.doe.ca>,
young@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Jim Young) wrote:

> I am writing an IDL program to read in some data generated
> by another program. Some of my records (variable format)
> are very long. About 2062 characters wide. (Don't ask me
> why such a programmer would generate such a monster).
>
> Apparently IDL doesn't like the extra long records and returns:
>
> % Input line is too long for input buffer of 2048 characters.
> % READF: Error encountered reading from file. Unit: 103
> File: C:\TEMP\AIRCRAFT\G2DC.TST
>
> Has anybody encountered and generated a work-around for this
> problem?

The latest version of IDL (4.?) reportedly allows the buffer size to be
changed. I am at home and can't use the online help, or I would try to
look it up.

Ken Bowman

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