RE: Unix APIs, stream files, codepages and the like

Joe,

I have the following in one of my service programs. Notice the "437" on the
open function, that's the code page you need. Also, due to how the open unix
API works, you must open the file twice, at least when creating files. The
first time, you set the flags on the file and the code page - this creates
the file. (I assume you want to create new files when you do this.) Close
the file, then open for write privileges. Since the file is created,
codepage 437 (ascii) is already attached to the file, and data conversion is
automatic. Note on the second open I did not include security flags or a
code page.

HTH,
Loyd

Sorry for the verbose code...

c                   eval      ifsopenflags =
c                             o_readwrite +
c                             o_create +
c                             o_truncate +
c                             o_codepage
c                   eval      ifssecbits =
c                             s_orwx +
c                             s_grwx +
c                             s_wr
c                   eval      descriptor = Open( %trim(Location) :
c                             ifsopenflags : ifssecbits : 437 )
c                   if        descriptor = -1
c                   eval      returncode = FAILURE
c                   return    returncode
c                   endif
c                   eval      rc = Close( descriptor )
c                   if        descriptor = -1
c                   eval      returncode = FAILURE
c                   return    returncode
c                   endif
c                   eval      ifsopenflags =
c                             o_writeonly +
c                             o_textdata
c                   eval      descriptor = Open( %trim(Location) :
c                             ifsopenflags )
c                   if        descriptor = -1
...

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 11:57 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Unix APIs, stream files, codepages and the like


All done with this phase.  I now have a generic program that I can use to
write an EBCDIC stream file.  I can then use the CPY command to convert it
from EBCDIC to ASCII.  I suspect that with a little more work, I could
figure out how to get around the CPY step, but this is perfectly acceptable
for the time being.  It works, and that's pretty darned good.  So now I'm
generating text files from RPG, and that's what the last two days was all
about.

Thanks to everyone who helped.  It was a heck of a learning curve, but it's
paying off.

Joe
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