The nearest is to execute PORT.STATUS PORT nn FILEMAP

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Clark
Sent: 05 March 2012 22:27
To: [email protected]; U2 Users List
Subject: Re: [U2] keeping track of opened files

On unidata, system(50) gives you a list of the names of files that have been
opened, but doesn't give you the file pointer variables that they have been
opened into. On universe there isn't an equivalent system() function that I
can see.

On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:07 PM, David A. Green wrote:

> Look at SYSTEM(50)
> 
> David A. Green
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Clark
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 11:42 AM
> To: U2 Users List
> Subject: [U2] keeping track of opened files
> 
> So the guru question is: Does either universe or unidata provide a way to
> get a list of opened files from some internal list or pool?
> I don't think so. Your application will need to keep track of each file as
> it opens them. Somewhere there's a universe technical bulletin that
> describes a method for this. you use a named common which contains 2
arrays,
> one for file names, and one for file pointers. When you want to open a
file,
> you LOCATE into the name array and use the associated file pointer if
found.
> If not, you open the file and add the name and pointer to the array.
> On Mar 5, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Wjhonson wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I have to guess that the OP really wanted something like N.FILE = 
>> "CUSTOMER"; GOSUB CHECK.IF.FILE.IS.OPEN IF ERROR.FILE THEN
>>  OPEN N.FILE TO F.FILE ELSE do something here END ELSE
>>  IS.OPEN = TRUE
>> END
>> 
>> CHECK.IF.FILE.IS.OPEN:
>> some function which checks if N.FILE exists in some rotating pool of 
>> FILE(MAXFILES) if so return file variable pointer set in F.FILE else 
>> set error flag in ERROR.FILE RETURN
>> 
>> 
>> Of course the pseudo code above has to be filled in with appropriate 
>> site specific code Here we use a subroutine FILE.OPEN whose pool of 
>> open files lives in global named common
>> 
>> I really think that is what the OP was after
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Wolverton <[email protected]>
>> To: 'U2 Users List' <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 9:51 am
>> Subject: Re: [U2] Hello
>> 
>> 
>> In that  case, where every file is named "FILE" in your programs, but 
>> you ant to make sure FILE is opened against CUSTOMER, I would guess 
>> you would o this:
>> IF (FILEINFO(FILE, 0) = 0) THEN
>> OPEN 'CUSTOMER' TO FILE ELSE
>>   ....
>> END
>> ND ELSE
>> IF FILEINFO(FILE,17) # "CUSTOMER" THEN
>>    CLOSE FILE
>>    OPEN 'CUSTOMER' TO FILE ELSE
>>       ....
>>    END
>> END
>> ND
>> 
>> David W.
>> 
>> ----Original Message-----
>> rom: [email protected]
>> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wjhonson
>> ent: Monday, March 05, 2012 11:06 AM
>> o: [email protected]
>> ubject: Re: [U2] Hello
>> 
>> don't think this will work.
>> n your example John, you need to know the file variable assigned to 
>> the ile.
>> o
>> F (FILEINFO(CUSTOMER,0)=0) THEN
>> OPEN "CUSTOMER" TO CUSTOMER ELSE...
>> But you can't use FILEINFO to check "CUSTOMER", only to check CUSTOMER.
>> o you can't tell if a file is opened already and to what file variable.
>> ou can only tell if a certain file variable is opened.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> rom: Israel, John R. <[email protected]>
>> o: 'U2 Users List' <[email protected]>
>> ent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 7:56 am
>> ubject: Re: [U2] Hello
>> 
>> assume you have some way of knowing what files you want.
>> o something like:
>> F (FILEINFO(yourfilename, 0) = 0) THEN PEN yourfilename ...
>> D
>> ohn
>> ----Original Message-----
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>> Behalf Of Dave Laansma
>> nt: Monday, March 05, 2012 10:38 AM
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>> bject: Re: [U2] Hello
>> kay, I've got a pretty simple question ...
>> ow do I get a list of all files that are currently OPEN so I know 
>> whether I ed to open a given file again?
>> incerely,
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