Re: Interesting results when writing to an IFS file

Yes, you'd get a conversion error here because you didn't specify O_CCSID. When you use O_TEXTDATA without O_CCSID, it uses code pages... and code pages can't support UTF-8, causing the conversion error.

Anyway.. using my new (well, not especially new, but new to you) technique, you won't need to have two opens.

By the way, the "two opens" technique never worked properly with networked drives such as /QNTC and NFS, so the single open technique is a good habit to get into.


On 4/13/2011 9:10 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:

Thanks again Scott. Updating the prototypes solved the compile issue
with the JOB parameter and a light bulb came on when you mentioned this
was pre V5R2 compliant code. To fix the conversion error: I was using
the *old* technique that Bill had suggested (and I was already using) to
open, close and open the file. Your subsequent email explained that is
no longer needed so I removed the close and reopen of the file and all
was well. It was the subsequent open that cause the "Conversion Error"
e.g.:

c eval fd = open('/tmp/' + %trim(INFile):
c O_TEXTDATA+O_WRONLY)