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What EDTMBR is
The Edit Member (EDTMBR) The Edit Member (EDTMBR)
command allows the user to edit a physical file database member using either
the EZ or Emacs editor. EDTMBR starts ASCII based editors, so it
will extract the physical file member and convert it to ASCII before starting
the editor. If the temporary file is changed during the edit session,
it will be converted and stored back upon exiting the edit session.
EDTMBR starts the EZ editor by default. You can also use this command
to start the Emacs editor by changing the Preferred Editor parameter on
the STRPTL command. QIBM_PTL_EDITOR environment variable.
Quick Reference:
EDTMBR
FILE(Source Data Base File Name)
Specifies the name and library of the database file
to be edited.
MBR(Database Member)
Specifies the name of the database file member
to be edited.
TOTYPE(extension type)
Specifies extension type that the temporary
file is to be created as. .C is the default extention.
Usage Notes
When the Edit Member command is run it uses the CPYTOSTMF to convert
the EBCIDIC file to an ASCII file and store it in a temporary directory
called /home/youruserid/notifs. This directory is created by the
STRPTL command. While the edit session is running you job holds a
lock on the physical file member so no other uses can change the file until
you have exited your edit session. Note that a phyical file
is created with a record lenght (see the DSPFFD command to verify the record
length for you file). While editing the physical file you can type
in a record that is greater than the record length of the file you are
using, since CPYFROMSTMF truncates, if you are not careful you can get
data truncation! To prevent truncation, he default TOTYPE for
the EDTMBR command is set to C and by default C is set to issue a warning
if you exit an edit session with records longer than 80 characters.
You can also use the menu option Source Text - Find Next Too-Long Line
to fix lines that are too long. If you would like to define other
extensions with too long line warnings or change the max length allowed
for a .C file, you can change the addfiletype entry in your /home/youruserid/.ezinit
file. The following is the default entry:
addfiletype .C ctext "template=c;max-length=80"
Add another addfiletype line to define other extensions, or change max-length=80
to another warning length.
Prerequisites
This command requires that PASE option 33 of the Operating System
is installed, that you have run the Start
iSeries Tools (STRPTL) command to initialize your environment
and
that you are running an X Server on your client device.
Related Topics
ez
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