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Volume 5, Number 38 -- October 12, 2005

 
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Absolute Versus Relative Paths
by Ted Holt

Faithful reader Bobby recently contacted me for help. He was having some trouble copying files between a library and the root file system. Helping him resolve his problem reminded me that the topic of addressing objects in the Integrated File System (IFS) is confusing and deserves to be written about from time to time. READ MORE >

 

Get to Know Some Powerful CL Commands
by Bruce Guetzkow

I use CL (and now CLLE) procedures, rather than RPG, to do as much work as I can. It's usually quicker to write CL than RPG because IBM has given us a great wealth of commands that perform all kinds of activities. Perhaps the most powerful commands are the RTV (Retrieve) commands, which retrieve information about objects (e.g., libraries and files) and non-objects (e.g., jobs and file members) alike. The Retrieve commands can only be used in CL, CLLE, and REXX procedures. Here's a sampling of some of the data that you can retrieve. READ MORE >

 

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   Admin Alert: Reader Feedback on Limiting Users with *ALLOBJ Authority
   by Joe Hertvik

In a recent column about limiting access to i5/OS job commands, I stated that there is no way to restrict users with all object authority (*ALLOBJ) from accessing any object on an i5/OS (OS/400) system. It turns out that statement is wrong and that there is a technique you can use to limit a user with *ALLOBJ authority from accessing a specific object. READ MORE >




Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


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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Absolute Versus Relative Paths

Get to Know Some Powerful CL Commands

Admin Alert: Reader Feedback on Limiting Users with *ALLOBJ Authority


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