read_file - reads a file and return the file’s content as a string.
e.g., read_file(“/tmp/tmp.txt”, position=3,num_bytes=4)
file_information - return detail information about a local filesystem object as a record of type
file_information_type (describe the properties of a windows or unix filesystem object).
m_eval file_information(“my_file”) ⇒
[record
found 1
readable 1
writeable 1
executable 1
file_type "FILE"
size 6916
blocks 8
uid 114
gid 101
inode 622711
device 769
created 1103052403
modified 1103052403
username "mkatz"
groupname "staff"]
.
m_eval 'file_information("my_file").file_type'
⇒ "FILE"
m_eval 'file_information("mfile:my_file").file_type'
⇒ "MFIL"
directory_listing - Return the list of objects from a local directory as an object of type
directory_listing_type.
directory_listing(path=”.”,pattern=”[!.]*”) ⇒ will return list of files in a vector format
[vector
"gen_rec.cat",
"Cecil-com04.ksh",
"Boogs-login.ksh",
"Hobi-tab.cat"]
read_type - read a record format file and return it as a string.
read_type(AI_DML+’/test.dml’) ⇒
"record\n string(";") first_name, string(";") last_name; string(10) userID;\nend\n"
read_transform - read a xfr and return as a string.
read_transform(AI_XFR+’/sample.xfr’)
make_field - Create a record format field.
make_field(‘newline’,’string(1)’,’\n’) ⇒ string(1) newline=’\n’;
Make_arg - make input argument for xfr
Make_transform - make xfr template
make_transform(‘reformat’,make_arg(in)) ⇒
out::reformat(in)=
Begin
End
Make_rule - make a transformation rule
make_rule(‘out.column1’,’in.column1’)
add_field - add a new field to a record format.
add_field(read_type(AI_DML+’/test.dml’), ‘newline’, ‘string(1)’,’\n’) ⇒
record
string(";") first_name;
string(";") last_name;
string(10) userID;
string(1) newline=’\n’;
End
Add_rule - add one rule to a transformation
add_rule(make_transform(‘reformat’,make_arg(in)),make_rule(‘out.column1’,’in.colu
mn1’)) ⇒
out::reformat(in)=
Begin
out.column1::in.column1;
End
Add_fields - add more than one field to a record format.
add_fields(read_type(AI_DML+’/test.dml’), vector[
make_field(‘ph_no,’string(10)’)
make_filed(‘newline’,’string(1)’,’\n’)
]⇒
record
string(";") first_name;
string(";") last_name;
string(10) userID;
string(10) ph_no;
string(1) newline=’\n’;
End
add_rules - add more than one rules to a transformation
add_rules(make_transform(‘reformat’,make_arg(in)), vector[
make_arg(‘out.column1’,’in.column1’)
make_arg(‘out.*’,’in.*’)
])
Remove_fields - remove one or more fields.
remove_filelds(read_type(AI_DML+’/test.dml’),[vector
make_field(‘last_name’,’string(;)’)
make_field(‘last_name’,’string(;)’) ] ⇒
record
string(10) userID;
string(10) ph_no;
string(1) newline=’\n’;
End
Record_info - return a vector of record field attributes.
E.g.,
record_info("record integer(8) foo; string(3) bar() = \"bar\"; end")
[vector
[record
name "foo"
dml_type "integer(8)"
default ""
condition ""
nullable "0"
nullflag "0"
form "integer"
comment NULL
scomment NULL
typename NULL
offset "0"
includes NULL],
[record
name "bar()"
dml_type "string(3)"
default "\"bar\""
condition ""
nullable "0"
nullflag "0"
form "function"
comment NULL
scomment NULL
typename NULL
offset ""
includes NULL]]
Record_info_item - creates a vector of any one attribute.
record_info_item(record_info("record integer(8) foo; string(3) bar() = \"bar\";
end"),’name’) ⇒
[vector foo, bar]
flatten_type - flatten a nested record
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