It works okay for me.  However, ondevice( ) does not check where the disk
label is.  Perhaps that's the problem.  (I wish ondevice did check the disk
label.)  Do these files have extents on device 2 or just the file label?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hula" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 12:16 PM
Subject: Moving Files


> On my system, I have 3 disc drives, all part of class DISC and all part of
> the MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET (MEMBER1, MEMBER2, MEMBER3)
>
> A bit later this year, I am going to take device 2 out of service, since
it
> is going off of support. I had been planning to use MPEX ALTFILE like this
> to move files:
>
> ALTFILE @[log in to unmask](ONDEVICE(2));DEV=3
>
> I was just experimenting with this and noticed that some files/extents
move
> over to device 3 but some don't. The ones that won't budge have a device
> class of DISC and a device number of 2 when I do a listf,4 in MPEX. The
ones
> that do move over say MEMBER3 instead of DISC. Am I painted into a corner
> here? Can I do what I want to do? TIA.
>
>     Tom Hula
>     Victor S. Barnes Company
>