On Fri, 21 May 2010 08:25:58 +0200, Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) wrote: >>Would anyone care to submit a Requirement that ISPF defer >>requesting the EXCL SPFEDIT until the first SAVE? > >I would vote against it. Definitely! If I'm in EDIT, I expect >that nothing can change the content under the covers, no matter >whether I'm going to actuially change the content or not. > My question was rhetoric. In my next paragraph I pointed out hazards. I vote with you.
>Ed: How happy would you be if your automated ftp process >successfully replaces the member someone else is editing at >the same time. A single SAVE and your successfull ftp isn't >worth a dime anymore. > Ed's example concerned retrieving the member, not storing it. But I pointed out the hazard that during an Edit session the member may be in an invalid state. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
