DS BASIC Question.

[RobertRocks]

Hi, I recently posted a question regarding DS BASIC. Thank you for the reply. I have discovered that the Datstage system comes with BASIC manual. Its actually quite good. I read a passage in the manual that states the following....

"To create and use a BASIC program, follow theses steps:

1. Use the CREATE.FILE command to create a type 1 or type 19 Datastage file to store your BASIC program source. The RUN coomand uses the filename BP if filename is not speified, so many people…….""

Does anyone know what a File type 1 or 19 is?

 

[johnherman]

It refers to the type of Hashed File - do a search on "Create File Options" in DS Designer for more details.

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[uvguy]

Actually, a Type 1 file is a non-hashed directory with a built-in name "chunking" mechanism the provides compatibility with old-style (ie 1980's and earlier!) UNIX systems which had a 14 character file/directory naming limitation; this cannot be disabled. A Type 19 file is also a non-hashed directory, but does NOT have a built-in name "chunking" mechanism; the length of file/directory names is limited only by the supporting OS.