"Transferring the Source Code" in M.C.'s API Book

Greetings:

In the Appendix of Midrange Computing's book on API's, I stumbled on the 
section "Transferring the Source Code" (quoted below). Does anyone besides 
me see the irony of the instructions in point 4? In other words, "If you 
know what to do, do that now." Otherwise you are in a virtual infinite 
loop. How very IBM-documentation-ish of the author.

BTW, I *do* know how to do it ...

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TRANSFERRING THE SOURCE CODE
The CD-ROM includes source code for the sample programs and code snippets 
listed in Table A.1. You will need a PC and IBM?s Client Access or some 
other file-transfer utility software to transfer the source to your 
AS/400. In addition, your system will need the RPG compiler. Your system 
will also need to be on Version 4, Release 4 of the IBM Operating System, 
OS/400.

To transfer the source, follow these steps:

1. Sign on to the AS/400 with a user profile that has the authority level 
of QPGMR or above.

2. If you want, create a library to contain the software on the CD-ROM. 
For example, you could call it APIBOOK for ease of identification:
CRTLIB LIB(APIBOOK)

3. Create a source physical file called SOURCE in the library just 
created:
CRTSRCPF APIBOOK/SOURCE RCDLEN(112) TEXT(?API Book Source Code?)

4. Transfer all of the source code on the CD-ROM to the source file you 
just created. Table A.1 lets you match the figures in the book to the 
source code.
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Darrell

Darrell A. Martin  -  630-754-2141
Manager, Computer Operations
dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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