Re: IFS command problems

Also known as
"Why you shouldn't be afraid of using VARCHAR in RPGLE"... :)

Charles

On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM Vern Hamberg via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Karl

Just thinking of odd things - does the file name in IFS has trailing
blanks, or is the value of the variable you use to find it have trailing
blanks? Perhaps try a %trim in RPG.

Good luck!

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

IBM Champion 2025 <cid:part1.uOV0dX0y.OG7JUEy4@centurylink.net> CAAC
(COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023


On 12/4/2025 8:21 AM, konsult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

The problem is:



An RPGLE program creates data in the IFS using the open(), write() and
close() API:s.

This works. The files are created and are visible both when using the ACS
option for working with the IFS and with the WRKLNK command.



A number of commands that work with IFS objects report that the files

cannot

be found. These commands include: CPY, MOV, DSPF and CHGOWN.



The message in all these cases is CPFA0A9.



One thing that should be mentioned is that the system is running V7R1.



Also, files uploaded to the IFS with CPYTOIMPF do not have this problem.
Unfortunately, the IFS files need to have the possibility to have more

than

32K characters per record, so a program has to be able to write directly

to

the IFS.



Ideas? When looking at authorities and attributes (using ACS function)

all

files look similar.

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