RE: File already in use by CL

Your analysis is correct.  The file is in use by the first program that
calls the second so it cannot be cleared.

You have a couple of options.  First, you could execute the two CL programs
from a third CL program or create an RPG program (executed from the first CL
program) to check FTPOUT for errors and remove the DCLF from the first CL
program.

Hope that helps.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
The Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 ext. 2124
DFisher@roomstoreeast.com

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I have a CL program which does the following:

DCLF(FTPOUT)
CLRPFM (FTPOUT)
...fill FTPOUT during a scripted FTP process
...do RCVF for the records in FTPOUT to check for errors

CALL(FTP2PGM)

Second program:
PGM(FTP2PGM)
DCLF(FTPOUT)
CLRPFM(FTPOUT)
...similar to previous process

The 2nd program errors out during the CLRPFM(FTPOUT) with an error saying
that the file is already in use.  I'm assuming that this is from the first
program already opening the file and calling a second CL which also tries
to use the file, but I'm not really sure what's going wrong.
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