Re: CPF4116

[Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

File QTAPE may have been previously changed to specify the tape drive. 
The file would have been replaced by the new release, causing the error.

Sivakumar Kanagavel wrote:
> Thanks for your reply. The Intresting part is the same code ran fine before we converted into I5/95 v5r3. 
>   One another thing puzzles me is if a message prompts asking for the the tape device to be mentioned and if operators reply with a device name, it defaults to '*N'.
>   I am confused as it should take the repply as TAPE01, TAPE02 or whatever to TODEV. 
> Can someone pls clarify why the system defaults to '*N"?.
>   
>
> Tom Jedrzejewicz <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   You are trying to copy a file to a tape device, but are not specifying a
> tape device. A specific tape device needs to be identified ...
>
> 1. on the CPYTOTAP command itself
> *OR*
> 2. through an OVRTAPF prior to the CPYTOTAP
> *OR*
> 3. by changing the QTAPE device file to have a specific tape drive assigned
>
> HTH, although I am not optimistic.