Re: EXTFILE not working if filename is DIBFIL -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: EXTFILE not working if filename is DIBFIL
From: Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:12:05 -0400
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Joep Beckeringh wrote:

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For some mysterious reason (maybe Barbara can shed some light) the name 'DIBFIL' magically stops EXTFILE from working (OVRDBF has no problem). If I rename the file to anything else, everything is hunky dory again.

Spooky.

Nope, I can't shed any light on that; I don't think I've ever heard of anything like that. Spooky indeed. I guess you should contact IBM to report the problem.

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