Re: chgaut vs grtobjaut

Hi Rob,

> Whereas a cpytoimpf does NOT adopt the authority of the directory that you
> place the object in, (unlike ftp, netserver, etc), is there a command like
> GRTOBJAUT to use a reference object?

If you only need the owner & permissions bits set, you could write your
own utility to do this using the IFS APIs...  stat(), chown(), chmod().

Unfortunately some of the iSeries-specific stuff (auth lists, MS-DOS
compatible attributes, etc) would require the use of Qp0lGetAttr() and
Qp0lSetAttr() which, IMHO, are really ugly APIs that are very difficult to
use.  Still possible, though...


Another thing that pops into mind is "cp -p" in QShell.

The -p switch to the "cp" utility in QShell is used to maintain a stream
file's permissions, owner, etc when copying it.  So, if you type:

     cp -p reffile newfile

Newfile will be a duplicate of reffile, and if possible it'll be granted
the same authorities.  (IF you don't have enough access to assign those
file permissions, it'll just have the default permissions...)

What makes this interesting for your scenario is that CPYTOIMPF will not
change the authority if the file already exists, it'll just replace the
data...

So, you could create an EMPTY file with the permissions you want to use...
(You can create an empty file in QShell with the "touch" utility) then use
"cp -p" to make a new file with the right permissions, followed by
CPYTOIMPF to fill it with data.

A bit kludgy, perhaps...