Lars Appel writes:
>
> Howdy, Netbase gurus,
>
> does anybody happen to know if it is possible to teach the
> Netbase NBINST program to ,REMOVE the Netbase shell not from
> XL.PUB.SYS but from another file (eg a copy of XL.PUB.SYS)
> by some means like FILE equation, INFO or PARM value or ???
>
> Would be really helpful for reducing downtime for patching.
>
> Patch/iX uses the handy little 2-phase approach where all
> the users can remain on the system during phase 1 (where it
> qualifies, selects & combines patches, and builds the CSLT or
> stage area). But Netbase code must not be in the XL copy it
> uses. Removing from XL.PUB.SYS typically renders the system
> more or less useless (as shadowing does no longer happen).
>
> Patch/iX would happily pick up a copy given to it (instead
> of pulling its own copy from PUB.SYS) -- if it were only
> possible to remove Netbase code from XL.INSTALL.SYS somehow.
>
> Any insight? Reasonable enhancement? Any submitters?

I've never used Netbase, and I'm not familiar with the product structure.

However, I am a big fan of using Stage/iX for patching, and I know that you
can add your own files to stage areas via the manual use of expert mode:

:stageman
STAGEMAN A.01.00, (C) Hewlett-Packard Co., 1995. All Rights Reserved.
STAGEMAN> expert on
STAGEMAN$ help

STAGING AREA MANAGEMENT COMMANDS:

...standard commands deleted...

EXPERT MODE COMMANDS:

                      Required
Command (Abbrev)      Capabilities   Description
--------------------- ------------   ------------------------------------
STAGEFILE (SF)        SM             Put a file in a staging area.
DELETEFILE (DF)       SM             Delete a file from a staging area.
CHANGEFILE (CF)       SM             Change the attributes of a staged
                                     file.
SETDEFAULT (SETD)     SM             Set the default attributes for a
                                     particular file.
SHOWDEFAULT (SHOWD)   SM             Display the default attributes for
                                     a particular file.
COMPLETE (COMP)       SM             Mark a staging area as complete.
EXPERT                SM             Put STAGEMAN in expert mode.

Perhaps Stage/iX can give you the flexibility you need.
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