Re: How to provide an RPG ILE program with a list of files in a QNTC directory -- MIDRANGE-L

× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.

Subject: Re: How to provide an RPG ILE program with a list of files in a QNTC directory
From: Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 13:05:03 -0500
List-archive: <https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/>
List-post: <mailto:midrange-l@lists.midrange.com>
List-subscribe: <https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l>, <mailto:midrange-l-request@lists.midrange.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/options/midrange-l>, <mailto:midrange-l-request@lists.midrange.com?subject=unsubscribe>

That sounds like a heck of a lot more trouble than just using the IFS APIs
directly. Of course, we don't know those APIs are *verboten*.

date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 08:50:47 -0600

from: Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] How to provide an RPG ILE program with a list
of files in a QNTC directory

If you descend into PASE, you can use Python to:

- get a directory listing
- write it to a database file

I do this sort of thing to return output and error codes from PASE to
legacy code.

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.