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Re: finfo workaround?
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John Burke <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:01:43 -0800
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Donna said,

> 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
>

Looks like a bug to me. Let's see what Jeff Vance has to say.

John

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