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  OFFICE MEMO         Beware of PURGELINK command           Date:  1/9/96
 
 
I just discovered a bug in the PURGELINK command. The command will not =
only purge link files, but it will also purge a local file with the =
issued file name.
 
I discovered the bug with MPEX issuing a PURGELINK @.groupname, hoping to =
purge all symbolic links and maintain a set of local files. To my =
surprise, when I did a LISTF on the group, no files existed. To insure it =
was MPE and not MPEX, I created a local file and issued a PURGELINK =
command on the file. The file was deleted.
 
Called the RC and after the RC engineer discussed the events with the =
lab, an SR was opened.  The RC # is 5003298265.  The lab told us the =
PURGELINK command was not insuring the file was a link file prior to =
purging it.
 
Steve Ritenour
E-Systems, ECI Div, St Pete, FL
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