Re(2): Bulk update of CL source file

["Mike Naughton" <mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree this wouldn't be too hard to write. It would be my choice,
depending on a) how many members I had to update, and b) my confidence
level that _all_ instances of the given string should be changed.  One
wrinkle might be that if you're looking to replace a string with a
variable, you might also want to 1) add a DCL statement to define that
variable, and 2) add that variable as a parm to be passed in  (?).

Anyway, my method would be to:
1) create an outfile using DSPFD(*MBRLIST) of the cl members I want to
search
2) write a cl program to
    a) read through this outfile
    b) override some generic member name to the specific member read
    c) call an rpg program (if possible, I'd call an ILE program and use
this an opportunity to learn more about ILE's superior string-handling
techniques) written to use the generic member name. This program would
first read through the source looking for the string to replace. If not
found, it would just write the orignal out to a new source file; if found,
it would write a new member putting in whatever changes are needed. It
could also write a log file of which members were changed and which were
not.
    d) delete the override and go back to a)
3) the log file could then be used to compile the cl members that  had
been changed.

hth

MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com writes:
>I imagine one could write a program to input all members of the QCLSRC
>file, 
>one at a time, then replace the lines involved.  You might want to COPY
>the 
>old line, comment out the old line, insert replacement & also have a
>comment 
>line flagging what is going on for future audit trail.
>
>There are utilities to manage this kind of thing & I am sure folks on
>this 
>list will identify them.
>
>MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)


Mike Naughton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Judd Wire, Inc.
124 Turnpike Road
Turners Falls, MA  01376
413-863-4357 x444
mnaughton@juddwire.com

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