Re: IFS directory name ending with period

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I tried it on V7 as well.  No problem with edtf, VIM from a shell 
session, etc.

I even included files with a period at the end.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 4/21/2011 10:52 AM, Chris Bipes wrote:
> No problem at 6.1
>
> MKDIR '/temp/test.'
> edtf '/temp/test./doc.txt'
>
>
> -- Chris Bipes Director of Information Services CrossCheck, Inc. 
> -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Sent: 
> Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:47 AM To: Midrange Systems Technical 
> Discussion Subject: Re: IFS directory name ending with period Works 
> for me at v5r3. "John Allen" <jallen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >I have a client that is adamant they need a directory in the IFS where
> > >the
> > >directory name ends with a period.
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >Apparently this is not allowed in windows but the customer does not
> > >care
> > >"they are only going to use files in the IFS"
> > >
> > >I can create a directory in the IFS that ends with a period
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >When I use CPYTOSTMF to create a file in the directory, the command
> > >runs
> > >fine with no errors in the joblog only a message CPCA082 "Object
> > >copied"
> > >
> > >However there is no file in the directory, and I cannot find the file
> > >anywhere.
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >Any ideas?
> > >
> > >How can I get files into the directory ending with period?
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance for any ideas and/or suggestions