I'm not at the 3000 either, but I was thinking a  ;save   option was
needed to tell the FS to save as permanent upon closure...




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> From:         Nick Demos[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Nick Demos
> Sent:         Sunday, May 23, 1999 10:41 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: permanent file
>
> Terry Prime wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I have the following command procedure set up to change the date in
> an
> > indirect file used in a turbostore batch job.
> >
> > SETVAR DATE,"!HPMONTH/!HPDATE/!HPYEAR"
> > SETVAR DIR,"@[log in to unmask]@[log in to unmask]@.@3000@"
> > SETVAR NEW,";DIRECTORY;INTER;PROGRESS=3"
> > SETVAR NEW1,"COMPRESS=HIGH;MAXTAPEBUF;DATE>=!DATE"
> > FILE DDFS.SYSOPER,OLD;DEV=DISC
> > FILE DDFS1.SYSOPER,OLD;DEV=DISC
> > FILE DDFS2.SYSOPER,OLD;DEV=DISC
> > IF HPDAY=7 THEN
> > PURGE DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS
> > PURGE DDFS2.SYSOPER.SYS
> > COPY DDFS.SYSOPER,DDFS1.SYSOPER
> > COPY DDFS.SYSOPER,DDFS2.SYSOPER
> > ECHO !DIR>DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS
> > ECHO !NEW!NEW1>>DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS
> > ECHO ;ONLINE=START>>DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS
> > COPY DDFS1.SYSOPER.SYS,DDFS.SYSOPER.SYS
> > DELETEVAR    etc
> >
> > This creates a temporary file which is unfortunately deleted when
> the
> > session is discontinued.  I thought that the DEV=DISC parameter
> would
> > create a permanent file on disc.  What am I missing?
> >
> It's been awhile and I am not at the 3000, nut don't you have to
> enter
> "NEW" after the TO file name to make the file permanent?
>
> Nick D.
>