RE: Retrieving member names

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, August 04, 1998 11:11 AM, VENU YAMAJALA 
[SMTP:venu_yamajala@goodyear.com] wrote:
> CHKOBJ only checks whether the object (not the member) exists or not.
> CHKOBJ is
> a generic command which can be used to any type of object (*FILE, *PGM
> ..etc).
> But for *FILE object, you can have one or more members. If you want to
> retreive
> the member names, you can do it in a CL using RTVMBRD command. Specify
> *FIRST
> and do RTVMBRD(*NEXT) in a loop. This way, you can get all the member
> names.

CHKOBJ works fine for checking the existence of a member.  Try: CHKOBJ 
OBJ(qgpl/QRPGLESRC) OBJTYPE(*FILE) mbr(blahblah)  You'll find that you get 
error message CPF9815: Member BLAHBLAH file QRPGLESRC in library QGPL not 
found.  If you try it with member PROOF, you'll find that it passes the 
check.

> Another approach is to do a DSPFD command with TYPE(*MBRLIST)
> OUTPUT(*OUTFILE). Direct this to an outfile. Then read the outfile.

You can also use the QUSLFLD API.  At the very least, it'll prove a bit of 
an education into using the API's...

Buck Calabro
Commsoft, Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net

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