Re: opendir()

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris

Here's a crazy idea - write a shell script and run it in PASE!

OK, ducking for cover!
Vern

Chris Bipes wrote:
> We have the system() prototype and use it quite a bit here.  But I have
> several million files to index to a database and move from a NTFS
> directory to our NAS.  Invoking the command layer from within an RPG to
> interpret the command string and call some program, (API), under the
> covers seems like a waste of CPU cycles.  Our system is lacking there
> being the first generation Power5 processor @ 1.5Ghz.  I expect this job
> to run for days in the background.
>
>  
>
> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:04 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: opendir()
>
> Have you looked in the API documentation? I did and found nothing. There
>
> is a QHFMOVSF but is limited to a registered hierarchical file system - 
> can't be used against normal IFS.
>
> But I don't see what's so "not better" about using a prototyped QCMDEXC 
> or system() - simple, especially the latter that doesn't require a 
> length parameter.
>
> HTH
> Vern
>
> Chris Bipes wrote:
>   
> > That is how we are running on other smaller projects now.  But there
> >     
> has
>   
> > to be a better way.
> >
> >  
> >
> > Chris Bipes
> > Director of Information Services
> > CrossCheck, Inc.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob P. Roche
> > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:21 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: RE: opendir()
> >
> > You can always run the MOV command using QCMDEXC, or from C think it's
> >     
>
>   
> > called SYSTEM. same as QCMDEXC but doesn't require the length
> >     
> parameter
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> >   
> >