Re: CPYF behavior

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon,

Everything everyone asks is documented somewhere, it's
just finding out where that can be a major pain in the
bejeebies.

Do you just answer, RTFM every time somebody asks
anything?  If so, why even bother reading these messages?

Regards

Jim Langston

Simon Coulter wrote:

> h
> Hello Peter,
>
> Assuming that you are running the CPYF commands sequentially then it is 
>because the
> crtfile(*yes) in the second example is being ignored since the target file 
>exists.  That causes
> the code to follow a different code path.
>
> In the first instance the copy is successful and creates an empty file.
>
> In the second instance the copy fails because ordinarily you would not want 
>to copy an empty
> file over a file that contains records.  CPYF does not check if the target 
>file contains data.
> If the target file exists and the source file is empty, the copy fails.
>
> With reagrd to the final paragraph, one of the joys of programming is 
>ferreting out the
> unobvious!  And it's documented so I get another chance to say RTFM!  All of 
>them.
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.

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