Re: CPYF Command Error?

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, guys.  I usually do as you suggest, Darrell.  But this was a 
"simple" short shelf life CL so, I guess, I subconsciously (or 
unconsciously) decided to take a short cut.  Just never gave it much 
thought before and never [to my knowledge .-)] encountered it before. 


I did try to find a reference to this behavior in the CL manual but 
didn't find anything.


I'll defer to the consensus that this is normal behavior.  But it still 
doesn't seem logical.  However, we'll just chalk that one up to being a 
history major. 


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Darrell A Martin wrote:

> Jerry:
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> This is expected behavior. The override takes precedence over the library 
> specification.
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> I usually set each override immediately before the point of its intended 
> use. I then delete it immediately after that point. At least, I do so when 
> there is any chance that I will be processing a different instance of the 
> file at a different point in the program, and if I suspect that it could 
> ever become an ease of maintenance problem later on.
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> Darrell
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> CPYF Command Error?
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> I encountered something new this afternoon.  Seems like a bug to me but, 
> before I report it, I wanted to know if it is, indeed, a bug or anomaly.
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> I wrote a CL that sets up a test file.  The CL contains:
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>    OVRDBF   FILE(FILEA)  TOFILE(LIBA/FILEA)
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> A conversion program runs.  Then I have a CPYF command:
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> CPYF       FROMFILE(LIBB/FILEB)                         +
>             TOFILE(LIBC/FILEA) MBROPT(*REPLACE)               +
>             FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP) 
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> The anomaly (to me, anyway) is that, even though the CPYF's TOFILE 
> explicitly names the library as LIBC, it was the LIBA file that got the 
> copy.  Once I put a DLTOVR FILEA between the conversion program and the 
> CPYF command things went as I expected (i.e., LIBC/FILEA received the 
> data).
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> Am I in error to expect an explicit definition (TOFILE(LIBC/FILEA) in 
> this case) to take precedence over an OVRDBF?  I mean, if I had simply 
> said TOFILE(FILEA) I could understand what happened; i.e., the override 
> being used instead of necessarily searching the library list.
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> Thanks.
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