Re: CPYFRMIMPF question.

Just for weirdness, FTP from IFS to a PF can be a good option. You'd need
to retrieve the library for the object, as mentioned in another post here.
Then build an FTP input script member and OVRDBF STDIN to the script member.

I believe this could be made into a very neat command, in fact, has been by
some vendor I don't remember.

At 11:12 AM 3/27/02 -0500, you wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>I want to copy a pc file (Flat, fixed length, fixed format) to a physical
>file on the 400 (flat, fixed length fixed format).
>
>I want to use *libl to let the os find the file, rather than specifying
>library name.
>
>I've tried CPYFRMSTMF, and it does the copy just the way I want it to, but
>it wants a full qualified path name -
>qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.file/mymember.mbr   - no option for *libl.
>
>I've tried CPYFRMIMPF, and it lets me specify *libl on the qualified
>library/file parm, but it requires a field definition file.
>
>My question is, if my file is not delimited, is flat, no field conversion
>is needed, why do I need a field definition file?  am I missing a parameter
>or something?
>
>Thanks guys!
>
>Rick
>
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