Re: CPYTOSTMF Confusion

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is the file externally described? You can't use an externally described PF.
Copy it a file you created with CRTPF using a record length, and try it
again.

Art

On 10/24/05, Bob O. <otis_the_cat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I don't get it... Why won't this command work? I am trying to copy a
> physical file
> with one field (108 Characters long) into a simple text file. The TOSTMF
> is a folder
> on the IFS. The error I get is:
>
> CPYTOSTMF FROMMBR('/QSYS.LIB/TGC400.LIB/PDFRGSTR.FILE/PDFRGSTR.MBR')
> TOSTMF('/ACOM/EDOCS/PAPERFLOW/TESTFLOW.TXT')
> STMFOPT(*REPLACE)
> Object is not a file or is a file with attributes not supported by
> this command.
>
> Object not copied. Object is
> /QSYS.LIB/TGC400.LIB/PDFRGSTR.FILE/PDFRGSTR.MBR.
> Object is not a file or is a file with attributes not supported by
> this command.
>
> Object not copied. Object is
> /QSYS.LIB/TGC400.LIB/PDFRGSTR.FILE/PDFRGSTR.MBR.
>
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