Re: S/36 Environment/DFU

[Jim Franz <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx>]

not always qs36f - the QS36ENV in #LIBRARY can be used to override
I've reached out to an active 36 pgmr for more info but my first guess is
that for source member - its the library list...
QS36F or another lib is the library of files (tables)

Jim Franz
                               Display Library

Library  . . . . . . :   #LIBRARY        Number of objects  . :   92
Type . . . . . . . . :   PROD            Library ASP number . :   1
Create authority . . :   *SYSVAL         Library ASP device . :   *SYSBAS
                                         Library ASP group  . :   *SYSBAS

Type options, press Enter.
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Opt  Object      Type      Attribute               Size  Text
     Z4          *FILE     PRTF                    8192
     QS36ENV     *S36                             49152


On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM Eric Lehti via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Oops, 1992 was 33 years ago, not 38 years ago.
> Eric Lehti still retired. Doing Math in my head carries no guarantee of
> accuracy
>
> On Aug 6, 2025, at 11:38, Eric Lehti via MIDRANGE-L <
> midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Doug, can you find that named “file definition source member” in one of
> your production source files?
>
> I doubt that it would be in a Q* file, but I not a reliable resource as I
> last worked in the System/36 environment some 38 years ago in 1992-1993.
> I do not remember the S/36 equivalent of IBMi library list of libraries
>
> Eric Lehti - retired but not tired
>
> On Aug 6, 2025, at 11:22, DEnglander--- via MIDRANGE-L <
> midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have an OCL that I am researching. It uses the ENTER command to allow
> the user to enter data for processing using the remaining steps in the
> OCL.
>
> One of the parameters of the ENTER command is "Name of file definition
> source member". In the OCL, there is a value here. How do I know what
> Library DFU is looking in to get the source member? Is there a specific Q*
> file that would contain it? Would DFU use an existing program source of
> the same name [which also uses this user entered file] to retrieve the F
> and I specs for the file?
>
> The Enter command is using the name in this parameter of an old RPGIII
> program that I am trying to retire, but I don't want to retire it if this
> OCL references it via the Enter command. The OCL still is used
> occasionally.
>
> I looked in the IBM S/36 Environment Reference manual, but it does not
> seem to tell you where the Source member is located.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Doug
>
>
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