Opening Tape Files as Binary Stream Files

To open an IBM® i tape file as a binary stream file for record-at-a-time processing, use the fopen() function with one of the following modes:
  • rb
  • wb
  • ab
Note: The only way to create a tape file is to use the CRTTAPF command. If you use the fopen() function and the tape file does not exist, a physical database file is created.
The valid keyword parameters are:
  • type
  • lrecl
  • recfm
  • blksize