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OK - I was somewhat wrong. You get an error if the FROMFILE is empty
and you specify MBROPT(*REPLACE). You also will not have a cleared
TOFILE if that happens. That is why I like the CLRPFM followed by a
CPYF MBROPT(*ADD). No errors, and you have the TOFILE cleared. That is
what I usually want if I am try to copy a file.

I knew there was a good reason.

Jim

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If I remember correctly, a CLRPFM does not throw and error message if
the file being cleared contains no records.

The CPYF with the MBROPT(*REPLACE) option will throw an error if there
are no records to replace (the member is empty).

I prefer the CLRPFM then CPYF MBROPT(*ADD)  over the CPYF
MBROPT(*REPLACE) followed by a MONMSG.

Jim

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:39 AM, David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I've discovered that someone is regularly doing this :

CLRPFM     FILE(myfile)
CPYF       FROMFILE(myotherfile) TOFILE(myfile) +
            MBROPT(*ADD)


as opposed to this :

CPYF       FROMFILE(myotherfile) TOFILE(myfile) +
            MBROPT(*REPLACE)


in a standard test procedure. Has the programmer found a subtile difference that I have missed or could results be different?


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