Re: Periods in filenames

I think on OS/400 versions later than 1 it gives a qualified DS error. :)

Override it before you call your program.

On 11/1/06, James H H Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How are you trying to access them? What errors are you
>getting?

Well, I ran a simple experiment. With this:

FAR.M001   IF   E           K DISK
C                   READ      AR.M001

SEU flags the lines as errors, and the compiler gives:
      1 FAR.M001   IF   E           K DISK
======>   aaaaaaaa
======> bbbbbbbbbb
*RNF0289 20 a      000100  Entry contains data that is not
                            valid; only valid data is
                            used.
*RNF2120 40 b      000100  External descriptions for file
AR
                            not found; file is
                            ignored.
      3 C                   READ      AR.M001
======>                                aaaaaaaaaaaa
*RNF0289 20 a      000300  Entry contains data that is not
                            valid; only valid data is
                            used.
and the compiler seems to think the filename is AR, and so
it fails to find the file.

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JHHL
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