Create a Stream File on IFS

CRTSTMF Create a Stream File

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This command creates a stream file.
I've create this command because I wanted a way, as easy as F6 under PDM, to create a new file in the IFS.
In the I5/OS, creating a stream file is not the target of a command, just a side effect of copying (with CPYTOSTMF or CPYTOIMPF) or transfering (with FTP or netserver).

When I've a PC drive mapped to the IFS folder, I just have to right click in the PC explorer to create a new ASCII text file (IE a stream file).

But when I'm in a batch program, or when I'm using WRKLNK it's less easy.

I can use EDTF:
EDTF STMF('/home/jpltools/NewStreamFile.txt')

but the CCSID of the created stream file is the one of my current job IE an EBCDIC ccsid.
Bad idea for an IFS stream file. Bad idea for an IFS stream file. IFS is an ASCII /ANSI file system.

screen :

                          Create Stream File (CRTSTMF)

Type choices, press Enter.

Stream file Name . . . . . . . .

Force Creation . . . . . . . . .   *YES          *YES, *NO
Authority  . . . . . . . . . . .   448
Coded Character Set ID . . . . .   *JOB          Number, *JOB, *UTF8...
Start Edit . . . . . . . . . . .   *YES          *YES, *NO










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Parameter STMF required.

Help:

Help                      Create stream file (help)

     This command is used to create a new stream file

Stream File Name (STMF)

     STMF - the name of the stream file to create

Force Creation (UNLINK)

     UNLINK decide what to do when the file already exists.
     *NO         when UNLINK(*NO), file is not recreated. This is to
                 permit to preserve previous values of Authority and
                 CCSID.
     *YES        when UNLINK(*YES), file is deleted then recreated.  This
                 is to assure the new file is setted with the new
                 Authority and CCSID.

Authority (AUT)

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Help                      Create stream file (help)

     AUT Specifies the data authorities to be given to the users.  AUT is
     the sum of any of these elementary values.  AUT use the UNIX api
     CHMOD to apply authority
     *USR_READ   =256. Allow read by owner (the user who created the
                 stream file)
     *USR_WRITE  =128. Allow write by owner
     *USR_EXEC   =64. Allow execute/search by owner
     *GRP_READ   =32. Allow read by group
     *GRP_WRITE  =16. Allow write by group
     *GRP_EXEC   =8. Allow execute/search by group
     *PUBLIC_READ =4. Allow read by other
     *PUBLIC_WRITE =2. Allow write by other
     *PUBLIC_EXECUTE =1. Allow write by other

Coded Character Set ID (CCSID)

     CCSID specifies the Coded Character Set Identifier of the characters
     in the stream file. When opened in text mode, the I5/OS
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Help                      Create stream file (help)

     automatically convert characters between the stream file and the job
     depending on respective CCSID's
     *UTF8       =1208. Stream file is encoded with Unicode UTF8
                 characters
     *UTF16      =1200. Stream file is encoded with Unicode UTF16
                 characters
     *UCS2       =13488. Stream file is encoded with Unicode UCS2
                 characters
     *PCASCII    =1252. Stream file is encoded with Windows 1252
                 characters.  CCSID 1252 is the one of american and
                 west-europe windows users.  More at
                 http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/software/globalization/
     *JOB        Stream file is encoded with the same CCSID as the job's
                 one
     any value between 0 and 65535 Stream file is encoded with thid
                 CCSID.
                 Note : CCSID(65535) is the CCSID(*HEXA), to be used to
                 mark the file as a binary file IE automatic character
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Help                      Create stream file (help)

                 translation by the I5/OS is forbidden.  It's to your
                 program to decide what to do about translation after
                 each read.

Start Edit (EDIT)

     EDIT specifies if you want to edit the file with EDTF after a
     successfull creation
     *NO         After creation EDIT is not started
     *YES        After creation EDIT is started








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