Re: SPECIAL Files

["Barbara Morris/Toronto/IBM" <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 06:57:17 -0700
>From: "Eric N. Wilson" <doulos1@home.com>
> ...
>It would be possible to use SPECIAL files but there is one limitation
>that I see and it is a crippling one at that. None of the random I/O
>commands are supported. If the random I/O commands were supported then
>WOW this would be the perfect way to integrate your file serving
>application.
>
>Perhaps a new device type could be made in the RPG compiler...
>RANDSPEC or something. The parameter list would be more complicated
>and I imagine something structured like the QUSRTVJOBI in that it
>would support multiple sections for key descriptors (ie. how many
>keys, key type, key length and key values) and what have you.
>
>Perhaps this is already in the works :-) Or perhaps it is already
>possible and due to my just awakened state I am not seeing it.

Eric, I don't know of any way to handle keyed I/O in a special file
outside of the special-file PLIST.  We do have a proposal for better
support for special files on our private list, but that's as far as
it's got.

Barbara Morris, IBM Toronto Lab, RPG Compiler Development


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