RE: 36EE Files Library Determination

["John McKee" <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just now looked at command help.  Pretty useless to only return the default libraries for FLIB and SLIB.

John McKee
 
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From: "Jerry C. Adams" midrange@xxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:27:22 -0500
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: 36EE Files Library Determination

> Unfortunately, the command returns what is defined as the default (usually
> QS36F), not what the current files library is.
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> Jerry C. Adams
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> From:   "Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx>
> To:     "Midrange-L" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   09/13/2011 12:44 PM
> Subject:        36EE Files Library Determination
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> Hate to be old school (trust me!), but is there an API that will return 
> the
> value of the Files Library for the 36EE?  In OCL one can use ?FLIB? to
> retrieve the default library into which objects will be created or
> retrieved.  I checked the API list (we are on 5.1), but couldn't find
> anything that applied, but lots of APIs that returned the library lists.
>
>  
>
> I wrote an RPG IV program that reads through the user portion of the 
> library
> list.  If I find QS36F (the normal value), I assume that I'm in 
> production.
> Otherwise, I look for TSTQS36F, which is my test environment version and, 
> if
> found, assume I'm in test.  If I can't find either (or I find both), I
> assume the situation is fubar and abort. 
>
>  
>
> Just would like a more accurate method.
>
>  
>
> Jerry C. Adams
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