File Get Position - Access Module

Teradata Tools and Utilities Access Modules Programmer Guide

Product
Access Module
Release Number
15.00
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-09-27
dita:id
B035-2424
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

File Get Position

The File Get Position function determines and returns the media position of an open file. The structure follows:

typedef struct _pmPosData
(
  pmUInt32       Length;
  char          *Data;
} pmPos_t;
typedef struct _pmiPos
{
  char       EyeCatcher[pmiMAX_EC_LEN];/* Struct eyecatcher string */
  pmUInt32   StructLength;             /* Length of this structure */
  void      *FIData;
  pmPos_t    Position;
} pmiPos_t;

where:

 

Parameter

Field

Description

EyeCatcher

input

Structure description string, such as pmGetParms.

StructLength

input

Total structure length, including the EyeCatcher string.

FIData

input

Value provided by the Access Module in response to a previous open request call.

Position

output

A twofield structure as follows:

  • Length – The length, in bytes, of the Data field
  • Data – A pointer to the media position information