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RESTORE SAVFS TO A 400 LIBRARY | by John Brandt
Dear John,
We use a third-party software that FTPs SAVFS to our IFS. Is there a
way to restore the SAVFS to a 400 library straight from the IFS?
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AUTOMATICALLY RGZPFM ALL PHYSICAL FILES | by Tim Granatir
Dear Tim,
Can I use PWRDWNSYS RESTART(*YES *FULL) to automatically RGZPFM all
physical files? I would like to perform the RGZFPM on all files. I'm
a little concerned with the amount of time it will take to execute
this command.
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RPG TRIGGER EXAMPLES | by John Brandt
Dear John,
Could you please show me some examples of triggers using RPG 400 or
RPG IV?
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RUNNING A BACKUP IN A RESTRICTED STATE | by Tim Granatir
Dear Tim,
I'm attempting to execute a weekly unattended backup CL program on
system B from a CL program that resides on system A. The procedure
works with SBMRMTCMD, but I wonder if this command will allow me to
be in a restricted state on system B when I attempt to execute it. Do
you know?
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This was first published in November 2003