Comments on: Download from the AS400 tab delimited file http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/download-from-the-as400/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:19:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: cwc http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/download-from-the-as400/#comment-51559 cwc Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:27:19 +0000 #comment-51559 Depending on the specifics of what you’re needing to do, you could look into using the CPYTOIMPF command or the CPYTOSTMF command (and their counterparts CPYFRMIMPF and CPYFRMSTMF).

They can access files in the native file system or elsewhere in the IFS, and can output to either, and can be nicely automated into a CL program. You can specify the type of delimiters you want to use, or create a fixed format. I’ve found that they’re pretty flexible commands that reduce or eliminate the need for a conversion program.

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