Native Files - was "MI" of ILE programs

John Carr <74711.77@compuserve.com> wrote:
>If VARPG and RPGIV are from the same base complier and since VARPG has
>native file support(being able to read the following C:\MYDIR\MYFILE.DOC)
>in that it can read them as program described data.
>
>How hard would it be to "Port" that capability to RPGIV?  I mean
>it would be great to be able to read "Native" files on the AS/400 in the
>IFS file system like E:\MYDIR\MYFILE.DOC ,  How about it?
>
>Right now we can't get AS/400 data to a *STMF in the IFS without doing it
>manually(File Tranfer via CA/400)  or copy to QDLS then copy to a named
>directory/stream file.   Why not just let us "Read & Write" to a named
>directory we created on the IFS like VARPG(hence RPGIV compiler)?
>
>Maybe a new runtime parm on via a F-Spec keyword like;
> PATH(E:\MYDIR\MYFILE.DOC)  or PATH(&PATH)
>Where &PATH is passed in to the program?

How difficult would it be to implement since VARPG already has it?
About as much work as if VARPG did not have it already!  Don't forget,
there are always system specific considerations.  But we'll add the
requirement to our list.

>Its already in the compiler, Right?  (remind George F. of a
>late night disccussion after CUDS)

Well, I prefer to spend my late nights asleep.  (I've learned not to
trust any work done after midnight!)

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, hboldt@vnet.ibm.com
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