The VFM (VIRTUAL) files location on non-mainframe environment

Products

• Easytrieve Report Generator

Issue/Introduction

"VIRTUAL" is specified as a file attribute in some Easytrieve programs on the AIX environment.  When the "VIRTUAL" is specified, where are the files located ? 

Environment

OS : Non-mainframe platforms

Release : Easytrieve Report Generator, release 11.6

Resolution

VFM (VIRTUAL) files on non-mainframe platforms always uses temporary files. 

The default location is "/tmp/EZT-XXXXXX" (where the "XXXXXX" is pattern for random characters generated by Easytrieve). 
The directory can be changed from "/tmp" to custom path using the "TEMP" environment variable.

The TEMP variable is used only for VFM files, the SORT files location is hardcoded to /tmp (unless the new EZSORTDIR environment variable is used).