Re: QLANSrv copy

Jeff Crosby wrote:

> Steve,
>
> > try thinking of the IFS as a "PC" file system.
> > It looks like you are trying to copy file members which are not
> > recognized easily in the PC world.
> > Check into CPYTOSTMF - Copy To Stream File
> > and CPYFRMSTMF - Copy From Stream File.
>
> Thanks for responding.  I tried it at your suggestion.  The first
> problem I encountered was an error stating the file cannot be an
> externally described file.  So I did a CRTPF, copied the data there,
> then tried it.  It did the copy, but there must be some CCSID thing
> going on (or I selected a wrong parm option) because it appears to still
> be EBCDIC when I look at it with Win95 Explorer.  I'll keep trying.
>

You need to supply a conversion table in the command.  Use QASCII for EBCDIC to
ASCII, QEBCDIC for opposite way.

Use CVTDTA(*TBL), and TBL('/QSYS.LIB/QASCII.TBL') on CPYTOSTMF command.

--
Art Tostaine, Jr.
Creative Computer Associates, Inc.
Parlin, NJ 08859


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