James B. Byrne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> One concern to be aware of is: FTP like STORE/RESTORE treat a
>> database as a unrelated group of PRIV files.  DBSTORE treats a
>> database as a related (database) set of files.  So when using FTP or
>> STORE/RESTORE you are responsible to assure NO errors are seen in
>> the transfer of any of the PRIV files.  You are responsible that
>> "ALL" files are always treated as a unit (database).
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> James Hofmeister
>> Hewlett Packard
>> Worldwide Technology Network Expert Center
>> P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers.
>
>
>Of course, as this is an MPE/iX product (FTP3000) there is absolutly
>nothing stoping HP from extending the command set to include a
>DBMGET which operate similarily to a MGET but only takes as a valid
>argument the root file of an Image database and contains the privileged
>file handling code.



I vote "YES" on Jim's proposal.


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