John W Pickering <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Gentle experts, a couple of questions:
>
>First, just what is the file attribute "state" which is reported by MPEX
>listf,-3 but not by MPE listf,3 ??
>
>Second, what does the "*ZERO" in the right margin as in the example below
>mean?? And how do I go about getting rid of it as it seems that sets in
>this condition cannot be accessed by "regular users" (i.e non-AM) without
>RELEASEing the base?

Well, I'm no expert, but that won't stop me from answering! :-)

When I run %LISTF ,-3 on my data bases, the "STATE" date/time appears to
be the last DBSTORE date/time if the data set has had no activity, or the
last update date/time if there has been activity.  Just my SWAG, YMMV.

As for the "*ZERO", I don't have that on my display, and the data base
I used is not released either.

I sure hope someone from VESOFT chimes in here with the "right" answers.

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