Re: IFS file append

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steven

If you have QShell installed, this is easy. The command is basically

cat *.* > allfiles.txt

This will replace the contents of allfiles.txt, if it exists. To append to 
it, use

cat *.* >> allfiles.txt

Remember the 8.3 filename limitations in QDLS.

And this is case-sensitive.

This can be run from a CL with something like

QSH CMD('cat /QDLS/VERN/*.TXT > /QDLS/VERN/allfiles.txt')

Here VERN is a first-level folder. I wanted only the .TXT files. And I am 
creating or replacing the output file.

Note the forward slashes (Unix-style). We're Unix dweebs now!  ;-)

The output file does not need to be in /QDLS - you can put it anywhere in 
the IFS, and then you have not the same 8.3 limits on the file name.

At 03:49 PM 9/4/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> All,
>
> Could anyone help with the following problem that I have,
>
> I have a folder in the IFS under QDOC which has multiple documents in , I
> need to take all these documents and create 1 document from them, and FTP
> this document to an external system.
>
> Sounds simple , and would be a piece of cake if the files existed as normal
> AS400 files.
> The filenames differ on a daily basis , as do the number of files and I am
> looking to automate this task.
>
> An MAPPEND command within an FTP script would be ideal but this does not
> exist.
>
> Any Ideas please.
>
> Regards
>
> Steven Gray
> Senior Analyst
> ARVAL PHH