process a list of files

[bvining@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Just as a warning, treating the record as one large field could result
in mis-identifications.  The asterisk has a value of x'5C' and this
value could easily be found in integer/binary fields within the record,
and potentially in packed fields (though this is not real likely if
the data was generated on an iSeries).  To avoid this you would need
to use APIs such as List Fields (QUSLFLD) to determine which offsets
and lengths within each record correspond to character fields.

Bruce

>
>You can open a file as internally defined and just give it an
>arbitrarily large record length.  You could read this in to one big
>field and scan that if you didn't need to know what field had the
>asterisk in.  If you need the field name, then the APIs or a DSPFFD will
>give start positions and lengths you could lookup.  What do you need to
>do once you find an asterisk?
>