Re: Neater way of preparing call to system()

You could use something like:
sprintf(CommandString,
"CPYF"
" FROMFILE(MILIB/MYFILE)"
" TOFILE(FTPLIB/FILEX)"
" FROMMBR(%s)"
" TOMBR(%s)"
" MBROPT(*REPLACE)"
" FMTOPT(*NOCHK)",
FromMemberName,
ToMemberName);

Kent


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From: c400-l-bounces+kent.ulrich=lfg.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:c400-l-bounces+kent.ulrich=lfg.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Olsson Erik
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 9:02 AM
To: C programming iSeries / AS400
Subject: [C400-L] Neater way of preparing call to system()


I need to issue a CPYF using system() that would look something like this
from RPG:

cmdstring = 'CPYF FROMFILE(MYLIB/MYFILE) TOFILE+
(FTPLIB/FILEX) FROMMBR(' + %trimr(pmbr) +') +
TOMBR(' + %trimr(pmbr) + ') MBROPT(*REPLACE) FMTOPT(*NOCHK)';

That is, the command is hard coded except for the member names, which can be
anywhere between 2 and 10 bytes.
Does anyone have any good suggestions for a C/C++ equivalent? The best I can
come up with at present includes a lot of inserts and appends and would take
several lines.

Thanks,
Erik