Re: COPY from CD - *like CPYFRMTAP -- MIDRANGE-L

Is there a way to copy a file from CD in a way similar to the CPYFRMTAP
command?

I'd just use the IFS APIs to read the CD. This'll work back to V3R2 (ifproper care is taken) and since you're writing the program, it's easyenough to make it work any way you like.

I'm thinking but haven't had the time to try to mess with Links and
paths thereof to create one (to a file on the CD) that I could point
CPYFRMPCD to (Copy from PC document). CPYFRMSTMF doesn't seem to have
the ADD records parm whereas CPYFRMPCD does.

CPYFRMPCD won't work, it's only capable of reading the old QDLSfilesystem. It doesn't use the IFS interface and therefore is extremelylimited in what it can do.

CPYFRMSTMF does have MBROPT(*ADD) -- so I don't understand your concernabout that. Though maybe that's a newer feature, I don't remember whenthey added it.

CPYFRMIMPF also has MBROPT(*ADD), and is usually a more efficient solutionfor transporting file data since it's not limited to fixed-length records(which, frankly, are a waste of space on a CD if all you're going to do iscopy them into a database file anyway.)


There's also QShell...

The problem is I need to send an AS400 file on a CD. Until recently I
mastered CDs as SaveRestore libraries but one file in the library will
be beyond the capacity of CD. A DVD is a solution that works great but
most who will get this have only CD readers. There are no PCs available
for FTP solutions.

I don't understand what you mean about PCs and FTP solutions? You don'tneed a PC to do FTP.

In fact, that's another interesting possibility. Use FTP to append theextra records from the CD onto your PF, then you don't need to restore itto a separate library and use CPYF.