Re: FTP input/output file members

On 28-May-2018 23:40 -0500, Booth Martin wrote:

The FTP examples show:

OVRDBF FILE(INPUT) TOFILE(ITSOLIB1/QCLSRC) MBR(FTPCMDS)
OVRDBF FILE(OUTPUT) TOFILE(ITSOLIB1/QCLSRC) MBR(OUT)

Is it possible to create INPUT & OUTPUT in QTEMP with SQL and
eliminate the need for overrides?

Seems unclear what the quoted query has to do with RPG.?.? Nonetheless, I offer:

In my recollection, and empirically with a quick test, the use of INPUT and OUTPUT by a client FTP request from the IBM i, requires the existence of a properly scoped Override as an explicit request to redirect to a _named_ file; i.e. the defaulted or explicit specification of the TOFILE(*FILE) seems insufficient, even with an explicitly named member using MBR(named), although, a To-File specified as the same-named File Being Overridden (FILE), such as for example the naming of TOFILE(*LIBL/INPUT) or TOFILE(OUTPUT), will enable the redirect to occur. The messaging associated with their utilization, from the messages in the message file QTCPMSGF in QTCP, seems to imply that as well:

TCP3C3C
Message: Input read from specified override file.
Cause: The FTP client detected that an override was specified for the input file. The client will accept input from this file.

TCP3C3D
Message: Output redirected to a file.
Cause: The FTP client detected that an override was specified for the output file. The client will write output to this file.