You get a 9984 error when the file does not exist at the time you do an FINFO.

Do an FINFO (filename,EXISTS)   first (it's permitted)  then any other FINFO you want.

Paul Courry



On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:25:44 -0800, Donna Garverick wrote:

>hi all!
>
>i'm wondering if there's a workaround to a limitation in
>finfo.  here's the problem i'm running into:
>=============
>IXH:echo ![finfo("../SYSCMD/STARTRSQ","fmtfopt")]
>                 ^
>An error occurred while accessing the file for FINFO. (CIERR
>9984)
>=============
>what's the problem?
>=============
>IXH:listfile ../SYSCMD/STARTRSQ,2
> PATH= /SYS/SYSCMD/
>
> CODE  ------------LOGICAL RECORD-----------  ----SPACE----
>FILENAME
>         SIZE  TYP        EOF      LIMIT R/B  SECTORS #X MX
>
>           1B  BAL         20       1024   1       16  1  *
>STARTRSQ
>=============
>finfo is 'upset' because 'startrsq' is a link.  since we're
>going to have to live with this limitation....is there a
>workaround available?  preferably one that doesn't involve
>parsing listfile output....?          - d
>
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