Re: ALCOBJ for IFS, CPYFRMSTMF -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: ALCOBJ for IFS, CPYFRMSTMF
From: vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:21:59 +0000
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The fcntl() UNIX-type API has options for this.
> Anybody know a way for a program to determine if an IFS file is in use by
> another process?
>
> I have a CL trying to do a CPYFRMSTMF but I get a CPFA09E because
> (apparently) the process writing the file is not finished yet. I would like
> to wait and retry the operation, but CPFA09E is not one of the messages that
> can be monitored on CPYFRMSTMF.
>
> Is there a way to do something similar to ALCOBJ before I attempt the
> CPYFRMSTMF? I would prefer a CL command but an API would be OK, too.
>
> THANKS,
> -Marty

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