system command to place user in a specific record number

[Dennis Malen]

Great suggestion. I was thinking of @entsel but @once would probably be much 
better.


Thanks!

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Walker" <ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com>
To: "'Dennis Malen'" <dmalen at malen.com>; <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 11:46 PM
Subject: RE: system command to place user in a specific record number


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>> Subject: system command to place user in a specific record number
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>> The user is sitting in a file and needs to be placed in the targetfile.
>> Is
>> there any way I can place a user in a specific record number that is
>> identified and known before they are placed in the target file with the
>> use
>> of a system command?
>>
>> If I know the record I want to place the user in is record number
>> 20,000 can
>> I use any variation of:
>>
>>  system "/appl/fp/rclerk targetfile...."
>>
>> There does not seem to be a flag (IUA) for this situation.
>>
>> Any thoughts.
>>
>> Dennis Malen
>> 516.479.5912
>>
>
> Just a thought...
>
> can you pass the record number (with -r) to the processing running on
> "targetfile" that you are starting with the system command, and then do a
> lookup - using the passed record number to position you to the desired
> record.   You would probably do that in @ONCE.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Scott
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