RE: Help with IFS files

["Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Write it to a different directory first and then when you are done copy it
to the directory that the other application is monitoring.

Aaron

-----Original Message-----
From: Giri Gopal [mailto:GiriGopal@bcginK.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:26 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Help with IFS files


Hello:


I am using RPGIV to write to IFS file system. Another PC based application
is has a mapped drive to this folder. This application is monitoring for a
file every 2 minutes. The problem is I open the IFS file for ouput in my RPG
program, and while I am writing to this IFS file, the other system sees the
file and grabs it even before I am done writing. More importantly the other
application deletes the file once it has copied this file. They use FTP to
get this file.


Question is: How can I open the file and have a lock until I am done
writing?


Thanks for your help in advance.
Giri

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