RE: CPYTOSTMF Confusion -- MIDRANGE-L

Instead of CVTDTA(*NONE), try CVTDTA(*AUTO).

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: CPYTOSTMF Confusion
> From: "Bob O." <otis_the_cat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, October 24, 2005 10:31 am
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Worked good except that the output to the text file looks like this:
> 
>    o:d-uuoOOAEO:Ua@
>    *EAAUAAA@aO:eO:aAOAa:aO:Aa:EOA:AAUaOA:AAAA:OOd-o`d-n`nuuo:
> 
>    Here is the command I used:
> 
>     From file member or save file  . >
>    '/QSYS.LIB/TGC400.LIB/PDFRGST2.FILE/PDFRGST2
>    .MBR'                                                                      
>     
>     To stream file . . . . . . . . . >
>    '/PAPERFLOW/XFLOW.TXT'                     
>                                                                               
>     
>     Stream file option . . . . . . . > *REPLACE      *NONE, *ADD,
>    *REPLACE        
>     Data conversion options  . . . . > *NONE         *AUTO, *TBL,
>    *NONE           
>     Database file CCSID  . . . . . . > *FILE         1-65533,
>    *FILE               
>     Stream file code page  . . . . . > 37            1-32767, *STMF,
>    *PCASCII...  
>     End of line characters . . . . . > *CR           *CRLF, *LF, *CR,
>    *LFCR...    
> 
>      ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>      From:  "Bob O." <otis_the_cat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>      Reply-To:  Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
>      <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>      To:  midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>      Subject:  CPYTOSTMF Confusion
>      Date:  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:29:36 -0500
>      >   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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