RE: [V4R5] File in arrival sequence: Correct way to place pointer at BOF

I had this same issue a week or so back.

I thought *LOVAL should work on unkeyed files to set to BOF.

Guess I'm not the only one who ran into this.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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message: 1
date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:50:15 +0100
from: Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: [V4R5] File in arrival sequence: Correct way to place pointer
at BOF

Hello,

I have a PF that is used as temporary storage for a cpyfrmimpf. It has no keys whatsoever and is truncated before each run (rmvm, addpfm). I reference that file in RPGLE without the K flag, because it has no keys.

What is the correct way to place the file pointer at BOF?

Neither setll *START, nor *LOVAL work: The compiler complains that these are invalid. Setting it to 1 makes the program compile. But this is now based on the assumption that there is always a RRN 1 in the file.

Did some Googling but did not find enlightenment. Hints are welcome!

:wq! PoC