RE: tip required to transfer large data from User Space to IFS

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Ian Patterson wrote:
>
> If I use the file creation (from Scotts's tutorials) method to create the
> IFS file, and then access it in Delphi programs in Windows, I get IO errors.
> Notepad can open the file.

Hmmm... it sounds like the iSeries is doing it's job properly if Notepad
can open the file.  I don't know what Delphi does differently...  Unless
Delphi is an old version, like Win 3.1?

[SNIP]
> 0089.00 c                   eval      fd = open(%trimr(AppFile):
> 0090.00 c                             O_WRONLY+O_TRUNC+O_CREAT+O_CODEPAGE:
> 0091.00 c                             file_IFSMODE:file_CODEPAGE)
[SNIP]
> 0027.00 D File_IFSMODE    C                   CONST(511)
>
> I then give *PUBLIC all access & rights to the data & objects (manually)

Why would you have to manually give authority?  Something's not kosher
here...  If you've got a file mode of 511, everyone should have both read
& write authority to the file.   Unless it's a umask problem?  What's your
umask set to?