Re: check for the existence of an IFS file in a CL program

I think he's referring to this one:
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200106/msg00761.html


On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, David Morris wrote:

> Martin,
>
> Not sure if this is the source, but in a few years back I posted a
> chkifsobj
> command to the Midrange Computing's forums. Based on the source
> dates it looks like March of 1999. That command is part of the
> iSeries-toolkit now. If your supports a data authority parameter, that
> is the likely source. I use quite a bit to determine whether the files
>
> exists and the user has authority to overwrite it.
>
> Unfortunately, the build for the iSeries toolkit did not include the
> CRTCMD command so the command object is missing. I will put
> in a fix for the next release, in the meantime it is a simple compile.
>
> To download the whole toolkit go to
> http://iseries-toolkit.sourceforge.net
>
> David Morris
>
> >>> klemscot@klements.com 01/23/02 09:00AM >>>
>
> Probably...   I know I wrote the command called "CHKIFSOBJ" that's on
> my system :)
>
> ...but the original poster was looking for a CL solution.  CHKIFSOBJ
> is written in RPG...
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Martin Rowe wrote:
> >
> > There are a couple of solutions mentioned here:
> > http://www.as400pro.com/TipsIFS.htm
> > and I have a CHKIFSOBJ command at work which I thought had come from
> > Scott Klement, but I can't track down the origin at the moment