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On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 2:35 PM a4g atl <a4ginatl2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thought this would be simple....

How do I copy a source member to the IFS or a network drive?

I tried using CPYTOIMPF and CPYTOSTMF and get the data but the 2 fields
SRSEQ and SRCDAT (sequence number and date) do not get copied to the IFS.

What am I doing wrong?

Some would probably argue what you're doing wrong is caring about
SRCSEQ and SRCDAT.

I am guessing there are two main approaches for dealing with this if
you do want all the fields.

First, older school way: Dump the source member into a data (not
source!) PF with a single field big enough to hold all three source
fields, using FMTOPT(*NOCHK). Then use whatever means you like to copy
the data PF to a stream file.

Second, newer and perhaps cleaner-feeling way: Use SQL to treat the
source file as any other PF with three fields.

I can't give you "best" specifics for the second approach. There is
probably some built-in stream file stuff already available in SQL. For
me personally, I would reach for Python here, slurping up the source
with SQL and writing out a stream file.

John Y.

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