Re: Periods in filenames

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think on OS/400 versions later than 1 it gives a qualified DS error. :)

Override it before you call your program.

On 11/1/06, James H H Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > How are you trying to access them? What errors are you
> >getting?
>
> Well, I ran a simple experiment. With this:
>
> FAR.M001   IF   E           K DISK
> C                   READ      AR.M001
>
> SEU flags the lines as errors, and the compiler gives:
>       1 FAR.M001   IF   E           K DISK
> ======>   aaaaaaaa
> ======> bbbbbbbbbb
> *RNF0289 20 a      000100  Entry contains data that is not
>                             valid; only valid data is
>                             used.
> *RNF2120 40 b      000100  External descriptions for file
> AR
>                             not found; file is
>                             ignored.
>       3 C                   READ      AR.M001
> ======>                                aaaaaaaaaaaa
> *RNF0289 20 a      000300  Entry contains data that is not
>                             valid; only valid data is
>                             used.
> and the compiler seems to think the filename is AR, and so
> it fails to find the file.
>
> --
> JHHL
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