Re: CPYF with V5R3

Right.  But shouldn't it fail, or at least give a warning, if you tell it to 
create a file and the file is already there?


-----Original Message-----
    From: "Sean Porterfield"<sporter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: 8/28/06 3:01:58 PM
    To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Subject: Re: CPYF with V5R3
    
    Shannon O'Donnell wrote:
    > On our V5R3 system, when we issue a CPYF command and specify
    > CRTF(*YES)...  And the target file already exists, the command
    > completes normally and without errors.  This command should fail,
    > shouln't it, since I am telling it to create the file but the file
    > already exists?  It used to fail on V5R2 and below.  Can someone
    > please try this on a V5R2 or older system ands tell me if it does
    > fail?  Also, if someone on a V5R3 system could try it and confirm
    > that it did not fail for you too, I would appreciate it.
    
    
    It says that it will create the file if it does not exist.  That is
    exactly what happens for me - no failure on V5R3.
    
    
                          Create file (CRTFILE) - Help
    
    Specifies, when this command is used to copy from a physical file or a
    logical file, whether a physical file is created to receive the data if
    the specified to-file does not exist.
    
    -- 
    Sean Porterfield
    
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