General File Considerations

This chapter provides information on the following aspects of file processing on the IBM® i using RPG:
  • overriding and redirecting file input and output
  • file locking by an RPG program
  • record locking by an RPG program
  • sharing an open data path
  • IBM i spooling functions
  • using SRTSEQ/ALTSEQ in an RPG program versus a DDS file