Re: CPYTOSTMF and Codepage problem

Well Aaron, that works as claimed. That gives me a short clean way to have
it all controlled from within a CL program.
Thanks

Can assume that I just package the QSH inside a Qcmdexe or does that run as
is inside CL.

This is a neat way to do it but it's odd that one should have to resort to
have to do it that way. I would think that having CPYTOSTMF create a file if
needed would one of the first features designed into it. I wonder why the
help text says it will do it.

Steve

"Aaron Bartell" <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message 001c01c83d00$8dffe030$a9ffa090$@com">news:001c01c83d00$8dffe030$a9ffa090$@com...

I always create the file and explicitly specify the code page. Run this
from
the command line:

QSH CMD('touch -C 819 /CDPREPDVD/tcodepage.dat')

HTH,
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Moland
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:14 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: CPYTOSTMF and Codepage problem

I have an almost canned process for copy an ISeries file to a PC share
folder using CPYTOSTMF so that once the file is sent on DVD to another
site
that it can be added to an existing ISeries file using CPYFRMSTMF. The
file
contains mostly binary data so no conversion is desired.

To get the file to the PC I use the following: (This CL is a test process
I'm using today to try to solve the problem)

CPYTOSTMF FROMMBR('qsys.lib/JUNK.lib/tcodepage.file/CATDAT2.mbr')
TOSTMF('/CDPREPDVD/tcodepage.dat')
STMFOPT(*REPLACE) CVTDTA(*NONE) ENDLINFMT(*FIXED)

The PROBLEM is, if there is no existing PC file named "tcodepage.dat" the
copy fails with this message.
CCSID conversion could not be performed.
Object not copied.

So I just create an empty file using any PC file editor and the process
works fine.

In production the copy just uses the previous runs existing file and all
the

records are replaced.

Everything works fine until a human gets involved and sometimes clears the
PC folder after burning a DVD.

I'd like to have CPYTOSTMF create a proper file which it says it will do.
the HELP information on STMFOPT fields says it will create a file if the
file is not there. I can not get it to do that and I think I've tried all
the pertinent combination of parameters.

Using DSPFD on the ISeries file yields this CCSID 65535
--

Steve Moland
Access Paths Inc
12 Parmenter Rd Unit C4
Londonderry NH 03053
steve@xxxxxxxxxxx





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