RE: Output the contents of an IFS directory to a flat file

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   1. Output the contents of an IFS directory to a flat file
>      (pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx)
>
>I'm working on a method to automate the use of the GUNZIP utility Scott
>Klement pointed me to. Simply put, when I receive a bunch of these zipped
>files into a directory, I need to unzip them, and use the CPYFRMSTMF
>command to place them into a flat file. I would like to know if there is a
>way to output these file names into a file that could be read by a CL
>program (sorta like DSPFD permits using an outfile). DSPLNK wil only permit
>display to the screen and to a spool file. I really don't want to mess with
>CPYSPLF.

Paul:

Lots of ways I suppose... some that come to mind quickly:

1) Use a QShell utility such as ls to list the streamfiles into a temporary 
streamfile. Then use CPYFRMSTMF to copy that into a workfile.

2) Use the same QShell utility to list into a *USRSPC and then access the 
*USRSPC from CL. At least from the ls utility, each name will be delimited by 
x'25', i.e., a newline/linefeed character. Use the IFS name format to name the 
*USRSPC like </qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myspc.usrspc>.

3) If you have V5R2 (or I think a properly PTF'd V5R1), you could perhaps feed 
lines out of ls into an INSERT statement in the QShell db2 utility. That might 
insert the lines directly into a file CL could read. (Bonus: The db2 symlnk 
points to program QSYS/QZDFMDB2 and that program can be called from CL -- the 
SQL statement goes into the first parm. Most QSH utilities can be accessed 
similarly.)

Tom Liotta

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