Re: CRTDIR via FTP

On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 10:47 -0700, Guillermo Payero wrote:

Hey guys,

this was probably discussed in an earlier topic, but I cannot find any reference about it.

I'm trying to program a small tool to FTP IFS files to other systems (we do this on an almost daily basis).
The program inserts line in an input file for a batch FTP session using STRQSH. The problem comes when I want to insert a line line this one

quote rcmd CRTDIR DIR('/dir1/dir2/dir3')
(directory tree depth is not know, and it is a variable)

STRQSH CMD('DB2 "INSERT INTO LIBRARY.FILE (FIELD) VALUES('CRTDIR DIR('/dir1/dir2/dir3'))"')

QSH reads the INSERT sentence from the first apostrophe to the one after DIR(, so it fails inserting the line.

Type two single quotes each place that you want a single quote within a
single-quoted literal. And, unless my eyes are crossing, you want to
close the quotation on the string within DIR(). Thus ...

ïSTRQSH CMD('DB2 "INSERT INTO LIBRARY.FILE (FIELD)
VALUES(''CRTDIR DIR(''''/dir1/dir2/dir3'''')'')"')

Kinda ugly, isn't it?

Cheers,
Terry.

Do you know an alternative way to do this?

Thanks in advance!

Regards