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Volume 5, Number 33 -- August 31, 2005

Four Hundred Guru is taking a vacation next week and will resume publishing on Wednesday, September 14.


 
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Let's See Those Command Parameters
Hey, Ted:

I have a CL program that builds a command in a variable, which it passes to QCMDEXC for execution. If I run the program in a job that logs CL program messages, the job log contains a nearly useless message that tells me that the "CALL command contains parameters." Is there a way for me to make the system show me the CL command that is being executed? READ MORE >

 

Submit a Prompted Command to Batch
Hey, Ted:

If I put a question mark before a command name in a CL program and run the program interactively, the system prompts the command, allows me to fill in the blanks, and then executes the command. Is there a way to prompt the command, then send it to batch for execution? READ MORE >

 

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   Admin Alert: Changing Your Mind When Loading Group PTFs
   by Joe Hertvik

Most administrators are familiar with the standard PTF application process, where OS/400 PTFs are loaded on a partition and then applied during the next unattended IPL. But there may be times when you need to skip IPL PTF application because of a bad PTF or a tight IPL schedule. Is there a way to back out of IPL PTF processing and delay PTF application for another time? READ MORE >




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Technical Editors: Howard Arner, Joe Hertvik, Ted Holt,
Shannon O'Donnell, Kevin Vandever
Contributing Technical Editors: Joel Cochran, Wayne O. Evans, Raymond Everhart,
Bruce Guetzkow, Marc Logemann, David Morris
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CONTENTS
Let's See Those Command Parameters

Submit a Prompted Command to Batch

Admin Alert: Changing Your Mind When Loading Group PTFs


OS/400 PTF Guide
August 27, 2005

August 20, 2005

August 13, 2005

August 6, 2005

July 29, 2005

July 22, 2005

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