Read/Write records from/to IFS of variable length nature in a reliable manner

[jmoreno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello everyone

I have this question and I have been struggling with this most of the day. 


Is there a way to Read IFS files containing variable record length 
records?

The CPYFRMSTMF is not behaving well against a flat file that has a 
variable length min (2000) and max (6736) 
Using the CPYFRMSTMF  interface and everyone of the EndOfLine formats has 
not allowed me to map the file correctly

I have used a simple RPGLE program to read the IFS file, but the data 
BUFFER length that I used to get to the data was 10,000
and I could not get a reliable control character for the break ( *CR, *LF, 
*CRLF, *LFCR, *ALL ...)

It should not have to be hard at all. You get an IFS file with or without 
variable length records and we should be able to map that to a flat 
database file.
If the file does not exist, ... why not create it! ... (whishing for 
much!) 

Any recommendations?.

Regards 

 
Jorge Moreno