On Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:11:10 +0000, Seymour J Metz  wrote:

>If each operand either cannot be a Unix file or must be a Unix file then it 
>doesn't matter whether the command uses fopen() or open(). Only if the command 
>has an operand that can specify either a path or a ddname (or path or dsname) 
>is there an issue.
>
Where is it documented which commands other than the c89
family support a ddname?  Where is it documented which
commands support fopen()?

Would you just guess?  Would you design a production application
based on a guess?  Of course if you code your application in
XL C/C++ the support for fopen( "//DD: ..." ) is well documented.

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>On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:05:53 +0000, Seymour J Metz  wrote:
>
>>Allocate an internal reader and copy the file to it. Ensure that the command 
>>you use supports fopen() syntax.

-- 
gil

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