PM57702: TRAILING @ IN A LINE SEQUENTIAL FILE ARE WRONGLY REMOVED.

COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 10 (December 2013 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 11 (June 2014 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 12 (October 2014 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 13 (October 2015 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 14 (August 2016 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 15 (August 2017 PTF) for 4.1.1
COBOL for AIX Fix Pack 16 (July 2018 PTF) for 4.1.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If a record ends with the "at" sign @ then the @ are truncated.
  They are removed as if they were trailing spaces.  This happens
  on a ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL file, COBOL for AIX 4.1.1.
  01  OUT-REC PICTURE X(20).
      MOVE "Hello@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@" TO OUT-REC.
      WRITE OUT-REC.
  The incorrect result is
  Hello
  It should be
  Hello@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
  

Local fix

• Temporarily use RSD file organization.
  Change this
   SELECT MY-FILE ASSIGN TO FILE1
    ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
  to this
   SELECT MY-FILE ASSIGN TO RSD-FILE1
    ORGANIZATION IS SEQUENTIAL.
  

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

• Don't obtain the fix at this URL
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21587721
  Do obtain the fix at this URL
  http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596737
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  COBOL AIX RUNTI

• Fixed component ID

  5724Z8702

Applicable component levels

• R411 PSN UK76955

     UP12/03/27 P 9999