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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On
> Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2018 12:13 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: "first previous"?
> 
> From Program Management UG and Ref:
> 
>     A SYMPATH specification applies to all SYMLINK specifications that 
> precede it,
>     back to the first previous SYMPATH.
> 
> The word "previous" seems superfluous here.  I wonder whether it means
> "very first SYMPATH" or "nearest previous SYMPATH?

I always took it to mean the latter.

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