Re: copy from/to qntc

[tim <iseriesstuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

i ended up using cpy command instead.

CPY OBJ('/qntc/10.0.0.149/iseries/thu/ourlibrary')
    TOOBJ('/qsys.lib/qgpl.lib/ftplib.file')
    TOCCSID(*CALC)
    REPLACE(*YES)


On 6/5/2015 11:48 AM, Scott Klement wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Are you sure that it's valid to copy data into a save file (savf) 
> using the 'cp' command?
>
> I know that under the covers if I were writing a program to write to a 
> save file, I'd have to use record-based I/O with a particular record 
> length or it would give me an error.  The "cp" command is the Unix 
> copy, which normally would have no concept whatsoever of record-based 
> I/O, as Unix systems don't have record-based files.
>
> This is all speculation, of course, I haven't looked into the 
> internals of the 'cp' command on IBM i...  I'm just guessing that they 
> haven't added special code to account for save files.
>
> Have you considered trying CPYTOSTMF/CPYFRMSTMF instead of 'cp'? That 
> might be an easy solution if I'm right...
>
>
> On 6/5/2015 8:24 AM, tim wrote:
> > we have a backup process that copies data to QNTC as follows:
> >
> > CHGVAR  VAR(&TODIR) VALUE('/qntc/10.0.0.149/iseries/thu/ourlibrary'
> >
> > CLRSAVF QGPL/FTPLIB
> >
> > SAVLIB     LIB(ourlibrary) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/FTPLIB) +
> >                          SAVACT(*SYSDFN) SAVACTWAIT(30 30 30) +
> >                          SAVACTMSGQ(QSYSOPR) ACCPTH(*YES) +
> >                          OMITOBJ((CSFH) (CF)) +
> > OUTPUT(*PRINT)
> >
> > chgvar &c ('cp /qsys.lib/qgpl.lib/ftplib.file' *bcat &TODIR)
> > STRQSH  CMD(&c)
> >
> > now when i try to copy the data back i get following msg:
> >
> > STRQSH CMD('cp /qntc/10.0.0.149/iseries/thu/ourlibrary
> > /qsys.lib/qgpl.lib/ftplib.file')
> >
> > cp: 001-2104 Error found reading from file
> > /qntc/10.0.0.149/iseries/thu/ourlibrary.
> > The value specified for the argument is not correct.
> > Press ENTER to end terminal session.
> >
> > any ideas?