RE: F SPEC to clear a file?

["Hatzenbeler, Tim" <thatzenbeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Jon,
  I always thought the  'O' would append to a file and just prevented me
from updating the existing records, I had no idea it would clear the file
first....

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Paris [SMTP:Jon.Paris@Partner400.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 2:35 PM
> To:   rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      F SPEC to clear a file?
>
>  >> Is there an option on the F spec line to clear a file.
>
> I must be missing something here because no one else has mentioned this,
> but
> .... Why don't you simply open the file for output, and then close it?  Or
> alternatively just open output and then if you don't write any new records
> it will be empty - and if you write some ... (it won't <grin>)
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
>
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