Category Archives for "IFS"

IFS File system error occurred. Error number 3021?

IBM i , IFS

Some of IBM’s error messages are more cryptic than others. Copying files from the IFS using CPYFRMIMPF sometimes spits out error messages which are less than clear: CPYFRMIMPF FRMSTMF(‘/FOLDER/FOLDER/FILE’) TOFILE(*LIBL/FILENAME) MBROPT(REPLACE) RCDDLM(LF) STRDLM(NONE) RMVBLANK(NONE)FLDDLM(TAB) ERRRCDOPT(REPLACE) RPLNULLVAL(FLDDFT) File system error occurred. Error number 3021Copy command ended because of error. Internet Search for CPYFRMIMPF 3021 shows nothing! […]

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IBM i Data Obfuscation – Making Data Foggy Murky and Squinty

AS400 , IBM i , IFS , iSeries , SQL

A little while ago, I wrote a data obfuscation tool – which I decided to call Data Fogging. This is specifically to solve the data privacy problems that we face when we want to suck down real data from production environments to our development and Test/QA boxes. Obviously we don’t want to implement any real […]

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How to rename IFS Files

IBM i , IFS , Programming

Colleague asked me this question just a minute ago – as he said “its obvious when you know how but not when you dont” Simply use the IBM i RNM command: Personally, I find this command syntax a little annoying: fully qualifying the FROM string and then just using the unqualified NEW file name in […]

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How to copy IBM i IFS folder

IBM i , IFS

AKA – How to copy IBM i IFS folder and all subfolders and documents to a new Location I just upgraded a clients PRESTO Server to the current version 8.1 What is Presto? It’s commonly called an IBM i Modernization Application : Essentially transforming the old fashioned AS400 style Green Screen terminals to modern Webstyle […]

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Update IBM i IFS Objects Data Change Timestamp

IBM i , IFS , Programming

An interesting question was lobbed at me this morning – “How can I change the data change timestamp in an ifs file?” One of the good folks over at Tire Rack (the software developers, not the blokes that change the tires) asked if I knew a way to update the timestamp for the data changed […]

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Cleaning messy IBM i Integrated File System (IFS) file names

IBM i , IFS , Programming

This morning I had an email from a blog subscriber ( Hi Rick! ) asking for a code tips on how to cleanup IFS file names to remove erroneous characters and/or malformed directory name slashes. Rather than reply with a plethora of programming options — here is an old, but functional, RPG code snippet that […]

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#IBMi Java – Avoiding the QSH “Press ENTER to end terminal session” message

IBM i , IFS , Programming

So, yesterday I added a neat little snippet to my Control Language Program on this #IBMi system, and re-awakened an irritating feature thats bitten me before. I slept badly last night with this problem niggling away in my brain. But awoke to a bright chilly Las Vegas morning with a steamy coffee and a solution […]

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Search Scan Replace text in IFS files on IBM i using QSH – iSeries AS400

AS400 , IBM i , IFS , iSeries , Programming

This morning I wanted to find a quick and dirty way to “Scan Replace text in IFS” files without writing a program to do it…. SPOILER ALERT – it’s really really insanely simple using JAVA QSHELL and the SED command So, before I start into techno-babble mode, here is some background of why I’m looking […]

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Email every spool file in an output queue – EMLOUTQ for IBM i

AS400 , IBM i , IFS , iSeries , Programming

Email an OUTQ – should be simple? Here you are, you have this output queue filled with reports and you want to email them to your Boss/Colleague/whoever! You dont really want them in smelly old text format you want them to look nice in something like PDF format…. That should be easy right? IBM i […]

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Scan Replace in RPGLE and SQLRPGLE

AS400 , IBM i , IFS , Programming , RPG , SQL

In the middle of this RPG program, I want to reformat and replace some values in a big long address field. But for the life of me… I cant remember how to use the SCANREPLACE built in function in RPG. #Dingbat /me memory circuits need a service methinks. So, like all programmers, I wonder off to […]

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