Prolib utility not support $DLC/startup.pf

Posted by Valeriy Bashkatov on 27-Oct-2014 03:29

Hello,

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I encountered with a strange behavior of the  prolib utility.

When I try to get the contents of the library:

 prolib prolib-test.pl  -list

I get some warnings:

Code page conversion table for IBM866 to ISO8859-1 was not found in convmap.cp. (6063)
You are using -cpinternal iso8859-1 and the code page of the library prolib-test.pl is ibm866. (4307)
The table to convert iso8859-1 to ibm866 was not found in convmap.cp. (4308)
The library contents may not be displayed correctly. (4310)

This library was created with the following command:

prolib prolib-test.pl –create –add _*.r  -cpcase Basic –cpcoll Russian -cpinternal  ibm866 -cpstream ibm866 -verbose

At the same time, code page in startup.pf defined correctly :

$DLC/startup.pf
-cpinternal ibm866
-cpstream ibm866
-cpcoll Russian
-cpcase Basic
-d dmy
-numsep 44
-numdec 46

I see that the utility prolib not use the parameters defined in the $DLC/startup.pf?

Is this normal?

I tried to find information about this in the documentation or in the knowledge base, but could not find anything.

Regards,
Valeriy

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Posted by Matt Gilarde on 27-Oct-2014 07:29

prolib doesn't read startup.pf or any .pf files. It has its own code to handle startup parameters and doesn't recognize the complete set of client parameters.

Posted by Libor Laubacher on 27-Oct-2014 07:46

prolib *does* read .pf file:

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -create -add *.r

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -list

Listing of library 'p-test.pl'

Library code page is iso8859-1. (4309)

--> note iso8859-1

proenv> del p-test.pl

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -create -add *.r -pf prolib.pf

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -list

Code page conversion table for IBM866 to ISO8859-1 was not found in convmap.cp.(6063)

You are using -cpinternal iso8859-1 and the code page of the library p-test.pl is ibm866. (4307)

The table to convert iso8859-1 to ibm866 was not found in convmap.cp. (4308)

The library contents may not be displayed correctly. (4310)

Listing of library 'p-test.pl'

Library code page is ibm866. (4309)

--> note ibm866 and the conversion errors

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -list -pf prolib.pf

Listing of library 'p-test.pl'

Library code page is ibm866. (4309)

--> note no conversion errors

proenv>more prolib.pf

-cpcase Basic

-cpinternal ibm866

-cpstream ibm866

-cpcoll Russian

Posted by Evan Bleicher on 27-Oct-2014 09:05

Enhancement Request (PSC00317597) was created to capture the notion that prolib should support startup.pf.  

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Posted by Matt Gilarde on 27-Oct-2014 07:29

prolib doesn't read startup.pf or any .pf files. It has its own code to handle startup parameters and doesn't recognize the complete set of client parameters.

Posted by Valeriy Bashkatov on 27-Oct-2014 07:45

It is as I expected.

It would be nice if it somehow was noted in the documentation ;-)

Thanks Matt!

Regards,

Valeriy

Posted by Libor Laubacher on 27-Oct-2014 07:46

prolib *does* read .pf file:

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -create -add *.r

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -list

Listing of library 'p-test.pl'

Library code page is iso8859-1. (4309)

--> note iso8859-1

proenv> del p-test.pl

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -create -add *.r -pf prolib.pf

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -list

Code page conversion table for IBM866 to ISO8859-1 was not found in convmap.cp.(6063)

You are using -cpinternal iso8859-1 and the code page of the library p-test.pl is ibm866. (4307)

The table to convert iso8859-1 to ibm866 was not found in convmap.cp. (4308)

The library contents may not be displayed correctly. (4310)

Listing of library 'p-test.pl'

Library code page is ibm866. (4309)

--> note ibm866 and the conversion errors

proenv>prolib p-test.pl -list -pf prolib.pf

Listing of library 'p-test.pl'

Library code page is ibm866. (4309)

--> note no conversion errors

proenv>more prolib.pf

-cpcase Basic

-cpinternal ibm866

-cpstream ibm866

-cpcoll Russian

Posted by Matt Gilarde on 27-Oct-2014 08:26

Libor is right. I verified that prolib doesn't read startup.pf and that it doesn't use the client's code to handle parameters but then I made the incorrect conclusion that prolib doesn't handle any .pf files. As Libor pointed out, it will read .pf files which are explicitly loaded with -pf.

Posted by Valeriy Bashkatov on 27-Oct-2014 08:31

Thanks Libor and Matt!

As I write above "It would be nice if it somehow was noted in the documentation".

Regrads,

Valeriy

Posted by Libor Laubacher on 27-Oct-2014 08:33

Ø  As I write above "It would be nice if it somehow was noted in the documentation".

IMLTHO – it *should* read the startup.pf, every utility does.

Posted by Valeriy Bashkatov on 27-Oct-2014 08:53

[quote user="Libor Laubacher"]

Ø  As I write above "It would be nice if it somehow was noted in the documentation".

IMLTHO – it *should* read the startup.pf, every utility does.

[/quote]

Except the prolib utility - so it's mean that it is a bug in prolib?

Posted by Libor Laubacher on 27-Oct-2014 09:04

In *my* opinion yes. Or at least an inconsistency.

Posted by Evan Bleicher on 27-Oct-2014 09:05

Enhancement Request (PSC00317597) was created to capture the notion that prolib should support startup.pf.  

Posted by Valeriy Bashkatov on 27-Oct-2014 09:09

[quote user="Evan Bleicher"]

Enhancement Request (PSC00317597) was created to capture the notion that prolib should support startup.pf.  

[/quote]
Many thanks, Evan!
Regards,
Valeriy

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