how to create a file each day

[Yamil Velez]

Hi All

    I have a thread that writes out to a file and each day I must stop the thread in order to get the file.  Is there another way so that everyday instead of me stopping the thread the interface just creates a new file.

Thanks for all your help

Yamil

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[Jerry Tilsley]

Here is one option, it’s what we use:

Set the date variable to today:

set date [clock format [clock seconds] -format “%Y%m%d”]

Set the outbound filename:

msgmetaset $mh DRIVERCTL “{FILESET {{OBFILE $date}}}”

This will send the messages to a file with filename of today’s date.  You can obviously add other identifying text to the front or back of the file.  This way, at midnight it starts writing to a new file.

[Yamil Velez]

Hi Jerry

    Where do I set this up in the Netconfig?

Thanks

Yamil

[Jerry Tilsley]

Put that into a tcl proc, and use it in the UPoC during the Route Message Detail of RAW.

[Ron Archambault]

There’s an example of one of these types of procs in $HCIROOT/contrib

that uses a counter that you might take a look at fileset_numfile_out.tcl.

This should help you with the DRIVERCTL syntax too.

[Russ Ross]

Since you are asking for more details beyond just a high level how to do it using DRIVERCTL metadata, try looking at this URL:

<a href="https://usspvlclovertch2.infor.com/viewtopic.php?t=1663&&#8221; class=”bbcode_url”>https://usspvlclovertch2.infor.com/viewtopic.php?t=1663&amp;

where I attempted to show a good bit of detail just how to use a TPS proc that changes the name of the outbound file dynamically.

Granted in the URL above I change the file name for every message and not just once a day but it will give you some of the details of how to implement the TPS proc that renames output files to whatever criteria suits your purpose.

Russ Ross
RussRoss318@gmail.com

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