>What is the harm in updating the reference date when one peruses a file to see if it contains specific data strings? If one uses the last reference date to see if a file (e.g. a program, REXX exec) is still being used, such a scanning process should not update it. It never is a "real" use. At the other hand, we had a discussion with SAS several years ago: they used OLDDATEREF, and running SAS programs surely is "real" usage. GETFILES will not use OLDDATEREF, it has no parameters, and OLDDATEREF would never be a good default.
Kris Buelens IBM Belgium, VM customer support
