Re: Writing to an AS/400 physical file with fileOutputStream

    Hi Patrick,

> tried using java.io.RandomAccessFile...
> but got the orginal undesired results.

    Hmm, I'm surprised.  Something resembling:

import java.io.*;

public class TestWriteAS400File
{
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
  {
    RandomAccessFile raf =
      new RandomAccessFile("myFileName", "rw");

    raf.seek( 0 );
    raf.writeChars( "I want this to be record 1" );
    raf.seek( 132 );
    raf.writeChars( "I want this to be record 2" );
    raf.seek( 264 );
    raf.writeChars( "I want this to be record 3" );

    raf.close();
  }  // end main

} // end


should work.  Worst case, I would think, writing 132 byte arrays again.

    Sorry, can't test until tomorrow, if then.  Got to head out to a local
JUG meeting.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick L Archibald" <Patrick.Archibald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400"
<java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: Writing to an AS/400 physical file with fileOutputStream


> Joe Sam,
>
> You are correct on all points.
>
>
> I changed the class so that it space-padded the data to 132 and it wrote
three records like I wanted.
>
>
>
> I changed the class again and tried using java.io.RandomAccessFile and
> even did java.io.RandomAccessFile.setLength(132) on the file but got the
> orginal undesired results.
>
>
>
> Thanx for the suggestions, PLA
>