Re: Newbie question about opening files.

Very true Scott... although disp-new required that the file not exist on
disk.
But disp-old had to exist and was "overlaid" per the SSP manual.
jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie question about opening files.


>
> Hmmm... what about
>
> // LOAD MYPGM
> // FILE NAME-MYFILE,DISP-OLD
> or
> // FILE NAME-MYFILE,DISP-NEW
> etc
>
>
> I realize that these are not actually RPG statements, but could they be
> where the confusion comes in?  After all, they were primarily used with
> RPG programs...
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Jim Franz wrote:
> >
> > <quote>in previous versions of RPG it might</quote>
> >
> > in RPG - "not in RPG II (S/36) or RPGIII (both S/38 & AS/400) or RPGIV"
> > I can't say if original RPG in S/3 or 1130, etc could.
> > in the CLP program or command line, a CLRPFM command  (clear physical
file)
> > will clear it.
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