Re: TEXT file doubt -- MIDRANGE-L

Vern,
Unfortunately this link is not  opening for me here, I
have tried for a long time for almost 3hours to open
this IBM links but could not succeed still.

Thank you all who responded. Thanks Vern!
Murali.
--- Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Well, this question makes me want to rant - against
> IBM. In looking for the 
> Sort user's Guide, I see that there is not any
> reference to PDM in the main 
> InfoCenter site for V5R2. Are you kidding, IBM? If
> you search on FMTDTA, 
> all you get are references to distributed data
> management.
> 
> At any rate, what you want is the Sort user's Guide
> (Who would know who's 
> not been around this machine very long? - Oy!) to
> get to it (the link is 
> below) means going to InfoCenter, to iSeries
> supplemental manuals. This 
> takes you to a different window. There you need to
> go to the V5R1 PDFs 
> link, where you can find the Sort manual, as well as
> the PDM guide.
> 
> The link is 
>
<http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/books/c0918260.pdf>.
> I 
> think you'd be best served by digging through that,
> as you have done with 
> other stuff. I can't help, as I've never actually
> used FMTDTA.
> 
> What's really stupid, in my mind, is that the
> Application Development 
> Manager manuals are still directly available in
> InfoCenter - and these have 
> been officially terminated, right?
> 
> Egad!
> 
> HTH
> 
> Vern
> 
> At 05:20 AM 2/24/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> >Good Morning friends,
> >
> >I have the following command in my CL
> >
> >FMTDTA     INFILE((&FLIB/YCP05305)) +
> >
> >              OUTFILE(&FLIB/YWKCP53T) +
> >
> >              SRCFILE(YGSC/QDDSSRC)
> SRCMBR(YCP05310S) +
> >              OPTION(*NOPRT)
> >
> >
> >I know that some sorting is going on the infile
> >YCP05305  and producing the outfile YWKCP53T
> >based on the selection criteria written in the text
> >file YCP05310S.
> >when i saw this text file YCP05310S, i could see
> >following
> >  HSORTR    24A        3X  83 N N
> >  I
> >  FNC  10  17                       ACCOUNT
> >  FNC   4   5                       EXCH
> >  FNC   2   3                       FC
> >  FNC  25  26                       YEAR
> >  FNC  23  24                       MONTH
> >  FNC  58  58                       P/C
> >  FNC  39  43                       STRIKE
> >  FNC  76  77                       PROMPT DAY
> >  FDC   1  83
> >Can anyone let me know how the selection criteria
> is
> >happening here in the above text file(what is this
> >code doing), I could not understand. Also I have
> seen
> >some folks suggesting some time back some manual on
> >this textfiles to read.
> >I request you post it again  , Thanks so much for
> your
> >help! If more info is required plz ask me.
> 
> 
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