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  3. March 2018

Re: Jobs calling cmds that reference IFS objects fail if a homedirectory exists for that user - how does one resolve this

On 3/20/18, 11:47 AM, dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

This is a relative reference.

TOSTMF('BRC/INDEMAND/BRCTBuys201803200815.txt')

This is an absolute reference.

TOSTMF('/BRC/INDEMAND/BRCTBuys201803200815.txt')

Always best to use absolute references.

Mr. Clark nailed it. The first form looked for BRC/INDEMAND/BRCTBuys201803200815.txt within whatever directory you're in: fine if your current directory is the IFS root, not so good if you're somewhere else.

I think you'll find that one little slash at the beginning of your fully qualified pathname is going to make all the difference in the world, whether you're in OS/400, Linux, BSD, WinDoze, or DOS.

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JHHL


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