Re: QSH using QTEMP

[Peter Levy <plevy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As I understand it the OVRDBF should be to OUTPUT, not STDOUT. (Same 
with INPUT, not STDIN.)

Also, with redirection to the traditional file system (/QSYS.LIB) the 
file has to exist already. The redirection won't create it. Even if you 
create the file in the QTEMP of your own job the unix command won't find 
it because they're run in "batch immediate" jobs each of which has a 
separate QTEMP from its own.

fbocch2595@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Scott, actually, I'm not able to get this pgm to work;
>  
>     CRTPF QTEMP/TEST RCDLEN(100)
>     OVRDBF FILE(STDOUT) TOFILE(QTEMP/TEST)
>     QSH CMD('echo Test Test Test')
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> I ran all the commands manually and when I run the QSH command;
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> QSH CMD('LS -C /PROGRAMMINGARCHIVE/* > /QSYS.LIB/QTEMP.LIB/test.FILE/test
> .MBR')                                                                   
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> I get msg, Command ended normally with exit status 2.                               
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> Do I have to crtpf stdout in a library?  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fbocch2595@xxxxxxx
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: QSH using QTEMP
>
>
> Ok, thanks, I'm using it now.   
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: QSH using QTEMP
>
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> > Does V5R4 allow ls commands to an outfile in qtemp?
> >     
>
> Every release allows ls commands to an outfile in QTEMP.  But you can't do 
> it using QShell's redirection operators, you have to use OVRDBF.
>
> You see, The QSHELL commands run in a separate, background job.  If they 
> write files directly to QTEMP, it would not be accessible to your job 
> because there's a different copy of the QTEMP library for each job on the 
> system.  So it wouldn't do any good.
>
> However, any job can use OVRDBF to redirect STDOUT to a file.  That 
> happens in the current job, so it can direct stuff to QTEMP.
>
> For example, this will direct the output from LS to a file in QTEMP:
>
> PGM
>        CRTPF QTEMP/DIRLIST RCDLEN(5000)
>
>        OVRDBF FILE(STDOUT) TOFILE(QTEMP/DIRLIST)
>        QSH CMD('ls -l')
>        DLTOVR FILE(STDOUT)
> ENDPGM
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