Re: CPYTOSTMF for .bin files

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/29/10 6:27 AM, Mark Walter wrote:
> Downloading some PTFs and, like an idiot with my mind still on
> vacation, I forgot to switch the namefmt from 0 to 1 and download
> the .bin files to the IFS. Now I have 4 files in my library like
> this:
> mylib/SF99115_1(bin)
>
> I tried doing a CPYTOSTMF like this:
> CPYTOSTMF
>    FROMMBR('/qsys.lib/mwalter.lib/SF99115_4.file/bin.mbr')
>    TOSTMF('/fixes/sf99115_4.bin')
>    STMFOPT(*REPLACE)
>
> However, when I load the files into the IMGCLG and try to verify, it
> fails.
>
> Is there a way to copy these files from the /Qsys.lib file system to
> the IFS so they can be loaded. Or can I load the file right to the
> IMGCLG using the IFS naming convention from the QSYS.LIB file system?

  For "binary data" files, I presume better results would be had using 
the option CVTDTA(*NONE) versus the default of CVTDTA(*AUTO); as I 
recall the default assumption for that copy feature, is to treat the 
data as "character data" files.?

Regards, Chuck