RE: Verify IFS Path & File name string is valid

["JK" <johnking@xxxxxxx>]

Sam,

 We had a similar situation when we used poi or jar to write to the IFS.
Every so often something would try to create a dir or file containing
characters that made qlansrv unhappy so I added a couple of routines to a
utility service program that was automatically pulled into the compile via a
binding directory. Not fancy but it works from RPG or CL. 

JK

cleanpath = FixBadPathName(%trim( oldpath ));
cleanfile = FixBadFileName(%trim( oldfile ));
 

DBadFile          C                   '/\:*?"<>|$'  
DOKFile           C                   '__________'  
DBadPath          C                   '\:*?"<>|$'   
DOKPath           C                   '_________'   

*============================================================== 
* Name...: FixBadFileName                                       
* Purpose: Replace invalid chars in file name                   
* Returns: corrected string                                     
* Params.:                                                      
*  String      : (input) String to correct                      
* Log....:                                                      
*  28Jun05 JEK- Created                                         
*---------------------------------------------------------------

P FixBadFileName...                                              
P                 B                   export                     
D FixBadFileName...                                              
D                 PI           256    Varying                    
D String                       256    Varying const              
D w_String        S            256                               

 /free                                             
  w_String = %xlate (BadFile: OKFile: String); 
  Return  w_String;                                
 /end-free                                         

 P FixBadFileName...                                
P                 E                                

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:36 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Verify IFS Path & File name string is valid

I want to be sure that if the called program tries to create a file with 
the path and file name that it won't fail.  The resultant file will be a 
PDF that will be redisplayed in a browser using a .NET app.  Thus I have 
the feeling that there are certain characters that can't be used, for 
example ?, :, <, >.

Sam

On 1/28/2010 7:17 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> Do you mean "valid" in the general sense of "it's physically possible to
> create a path with this name" or do you mean "valid" in the sense of "my
> boss will allow us to utilize names like this" or do you mean "valid" in
> the sense of "points to a directory that already exists"?
>
> Or what do you mean?
>
> If you mean in the most general sense -- I don't think there's any
> possible character string that's not a valid path name.
>
> On 1/28/2010 4:10 PM, Lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > An RPG program will be building an IFS path and file name string and
> > will pass it to another program to create the file. Is there an easy,
> > or any, way to verify that we have built a valid path and file name?
> >
> > Thanks, Sam