SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[Jake Anderson]

Hello

Cross posted

I am applying a APAR related to CSSMTP to zOS 2.4 and it fails with below
messge

GIM42500W AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN THE NAME OF THE PHYSICAL DATA SET CONTAINING
A

  SYMBOLIC LINK FOR HFS EZAMLCAT IN SEZAMMSC FAILED. THE RETURN
CODE

  FROM THE BPX1LST CALLABLE SERVICE WAS '0081'X AND THE
REASON

  CODE WAS '0594003D'X.

GIM69168E ** HFSCOPY PROCESSING TO THE SEZAMMSC LIBRARY FAILED FOR HFS
EZAMLCAT

  IN SYSMOD AH38318. THE RETURN CODE (12) EXCEEDED THE ALLOWABLE

  VALUE. DATE 21.313 - TIME 10:17:10 - SEQUENCE NUMBER 01.

GIM42500W AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN THE NAME OF THE PHYSICAL DATA SET CONTAINING
A

  SYMBOLIC LINK FOR HFS EZAMLCAT IN SEZAMMSC FAILED. THE RETURN
CODE

  FROM THE BPX1LST CALLABLE SERVICE WAS '0081'X AND THE
REASON

 CODE WAS '0594003D'X.





CAUSER FMID MESSAGE ID PAGE ERROR DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE CAUSES



AH38318 HIP6240 GIM69168E 1 HFSCOPY PROCESSING FAILED FOR HFS EZAMLCAT TO
THE SEZAMMSC LIBRARY. THE RETURN

  CODE WAS 12. THE SEQUENCE NUMBER WAS
01.





1BPXF151I BPXCOPY WAS INVOKED FOR HEAD ID 01.

BPXF150I MVS DATA SET WITH DDNAME SYSUT1 SUCCESSFULLY COPIED INTO BINARY
HFS FILE /Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/EZAMLCAT.

BPXF170E RETURN CODE 0081, REASON CODE 0594003D. A SYMLINK FAILED FOR
LINK NAME /Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/../../

../../../../../...


Based on reason code I have looked into each directory and it exists but
not sure which file it is looking for and failing.

Any clue where else I need to be looking ?

Jake

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Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Marc Yves Desravines]

Hi Jake,

I suspect  the problem is related with a wrong DDDEF. Could you list the DDDEFs 
and check if the related pathname required is correct?

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Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[Jake Anderson]

Hello

I have double checked the DDDEF and the path is correct for the failing
DDDEF


On Tue, 9 Nov, 2021, 3:31 pm SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Marc Yves Desravines, <
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> Hi Jake,
>
> I suspect  the problem is related with a wrong DDDEF. Could you list the
> DDDEFs and check if the related pathname required is correct?
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Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Marc Yves Desravines]

Hi Jake,

0594003D according to BPXMTEXT means:

JRDirNotFound: A directory in the pathname was not found

So it looks like your HFS files directories are not set up or mounted properly.

Could you check them and compare with what you have in the DDDEF?

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Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[Pommier, Rex]

Check to see if there's a security violation in the path?  

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

Hello

I have double checked the DDDEF and the path is correct for the failing DDDEF


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> Hi Jake,
>
> I suspect  the problem is related with a wrong DDDEF. Could you list 
> the DDDEFs and check if the related pathname required is correct?
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Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[Dave Jousma]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 12:09:38 +0400, Jake Anderson  
wrote:

>Hello
>
>Cross posted
>
>I am applying a APAR related to CSSMTP to zOS 2.4 and it fails with below
>messge
>
>GIM42500W AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN THE NAME OF THE PHYSICAL DATA SET CONTAINING
>A
>
>  SYMBOLIC LINK FOR HFS EZAMLCAT IN SEZAMMSC FAILED. THE RETURN
>CODE
>
>  FROM THE BPX1LST CALLABLE SERVICE WAS '0081'X AND THE
>REASON
>
>  CODE WAS '0594003D'X.
>

Jake,

Is that an APARfix for PH38318?   I see the APAR is still open.   Could be a 
packaging error by IBM too…..


I look up the same module in my 2.4 environment

  Entry Type:  HFS  Zone Name: MVSTZN 
  Entry Name:  EZAMLCAT Zone Type: TARGET 
  
  FMID: HIP6240   DISTLIB : AEZAXLT3 LASTUPD: HIP6240  TYPE=ADD   
  RMID: UI66498   SYSLIB  : SEZAMMSC BINARY   
  SHSCRIPT:   
  
  
  
 LINK '../ezamlcat.cat'   
 PARM PATHMODE(0,6,4,4)   
 SYMLINK  '../../../../../../../../usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ezamlcat.cat'
 SYMPATH  '../../../../../usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/ezamlcat.cat'   


Yours seems to have an extra directory in it?  I don’t have /IBM/ in mine.

BPXF150I MVS DATA SET WITH DDNAME SYSUT1 SUCCESSFULLY COPIED INTO BINARY
HFS FILE /Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/EZAMLCAT.

BPXF170E RETURN CODE 0081, REASON CODE 0594003D. A SYMLINK FAILED FOR
LINK NAME /Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/../../

../../../../../...

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Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[Dave Jousma]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 08:04:56 -0600, Dave Jousma  wrote:

>
>Jake,
>
>Is that an APARfix for PH38318?   I see the APAR is still open.   Could be a 
>packaging error by IBM too…..
>
>
>I look up the same module in my 2.4 environment
>
>  Entry Type:  HFS  Zone Name: MVSTZN 
>  Entry Name:  EZAMLCAT Zone Type: TARGET 
>  
>  FMID: HIP6240   DISTLIB : AEZAXLT3 LASTUPD: HIP6240  TYPE=ADD   
>  RMID: UI66498   SYSLIB  : SEZAMMSC BINARY   
>  SHSCRIPT:   
>  
>  
>  
> LINK '../ezamlcat.cat'   
> PARM PATHMODE(0,6,4,4)   
> SYMLINK  '../../../../../../../../usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ezamlcat.cat'
> SYMPATH  '../../../../../usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/ezamlcat.cat'   
>
>
>Yours seems to have an extra directory in it?  I don’t have /IBM/ in mine.
>
>BPXF150I MVS DATA SET WITH DDNAME SYSUT1 SUCCESSFULLY COPIED INTO BINARY
>HFS FILE /Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/EZAMLCAT.
>
>BPXF170E RETURN CODE 0081, REASON CODE 0594003D. A SYMLINK FAILED FOR
>LINK NAME /Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/../../
>
>../../../../../...
>

Correction.   I just went and looked at the actual filesystem

-rw-r--r--   2 BPXROOT  OMVSGRP  699 Sep 25  2019 EZAITMSG
-rw-r--r--   2 BPXROOT  OMVSGRP26230 Dec 23  2019 EZAMLCAT
-rw-r--r--   2 BPXROOT  OMVSGRP 5026 Sep 25  2019 EZAMLRPY
TEC1:$ pwd
/RST01A/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM   
TEC1:$

My apologies for the red herring.   I'd still ask IBM to investigate a possible 
packaging error though since it appears to be an APARfix

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Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[Allan Staller]

Classification: Confidential

Check for action holds on the relevant PTF. If a new directory is required, IBM 
will typically detail what is required and (usually) supply a sample job to 
create the directories.

HTH,

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On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 08:04:56 -0600, Dave Jousma  wrote:

>
>Jake,
>
>Is that an APARfix for PH38318?   I see the APAR is still open.   Could be a 
>packaging error by IBM too…..
>
>
>I look up the same module in my 2.4 environment
>
>  Entry Type:  HFS  Zone Name: MVSTZN
>  Entry Name:  EZAMLCAT Zone Type: TARGET
>
>  FMID: HIP6240   DISTLIB : AEZAXLT3 LASTUPD: HIP6240  TYPE=ADD
>  RMID: UI66498   SYSLIB  : SEZAMMSC BINARY
>  SHSCRIPT:
>
>
> 
>
> LINK '../ezamlcat.cat'
> PARM PATHMODE(0,6,4,4)
> SYMLINK  '../../../../../../../../usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ezamlcat.cat'
> SYMPATH  '../../../../../usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/ezamlcat.cat'
>
>
>Yours seems to have an extra directory in it?  I don’t have /IBM/ in mine.
>
>BPXF150I MVS DATA SET WITH DDNAME SYSUT1 SUCCESSFULLY COPIED INTO
>BINARY HFS FILE /Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/EZAMLCAT.
>
>BPXF170E RETURN CODE 0081, REASON CODE 0594003D. A SYMLINK FAILED
>FOR LINK NAME /Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/../../
>
>../../../../../...
>

Correction.   I just went and looked at the actual filesystem

-rw-r--r--   2 BPXROOT  OMVSGRP  699 Sep 25  2019 EZAITMSG
-rw-r--r--   2 BPXROOT  OMVSGRP26230 Dec 23  2019 EZAMLCAT
-rw-r--r--   2 BPXROOT  OMVSGRP 5026 Sep 25  2019 EZAMLRPY
TEC1:$ pwd
/RST01A/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM
TEC1:$

My apologies for the red herring.   I'd still ask IBM to investigate a possible 
packaging error though since it appears to be an APARfix

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Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[Kurt J. Quackenbush]

> Based on reason code I have looked into each directory and it exists but
> not sure which file it is looking for and failing.

Unfortunately message BPXF170E truncates the desired SYMLINK value.  I 
can't see the ++APAR so don't know for sure the SYMLINK value but if it 
matches the prior value for EZAMLCAT the message is complaining about this 
directory:

/Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/
../../../../../../../../usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ezamlcat.cat

After resolving the "../" you get this directory:

/Service/usr/lib/nls/msg/C/

Does that directory exist?  Is it mounted?  Does the SYMLINK value on the 
++HFS statement in the ++APAR match the existing SYMLINK value for 
EZAMLCAT?  Look at the ++APAR in your SMPPTS and look at the HFS entry in 
the target zone to compare the SYMLINK values.

Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM,  z/OS SMP/E and z/OSMF Software Management

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IBM has lost it completely

[zMan]

https://contentsharing.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?message_id=21010227&user_id=IBMCORP

That’s the “View in browser” from an email a friend forwarded, with the
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Re: Redbooks Rumor

[zMan]

Sure and there's nothin' wrong with new words--that's how the language
evolves! Problem is using them online where you can't explain instantly if
folks go "Huh?"

I guess I assumed you were using it as a neologism on purpose, rather than
thinking it was legit. As you've found, it's "not a word" in that none of
the sources, including Urban Dictionary, seem to know it. But also as you
note, "now it's something"; indeed, Google Verbatim finds 43 hits, plus
duplicates, although I daresay none of them appear to be using it to mean
what you did. Most are likely typos, but my favorite is this one:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/to-the-great-beyond-space-empires.552865/page-2

How's this for thread drift?

On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 2:54 PM Bob Bridges  wrote:

> I thought about protesting at "made-up", then decided to ignore it.  Last,
> and best, I investigated.
>
> I don't think ~I~ made it up; I've had the word in my vocabulary as long
> as I can remember.  If asked, I'd have said I must have read it somewhere.
>
> But my spell checker didn't recognize it Friday, I now remember.  No web
> source found a reference to the word.  Even Wiktionary is innocent of it.
> I still think it's a better coinage than "facetiousness", but I guess I
> have to acknowledge that it's not standard -- nor even substandard.  It's
> nothing.
>
> Well, it was nothing before.  Now it's something :).
>

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Re: IBM has lost it completely

[Bill Johnson]

Looks relevant to me. IBM getting into the 21st century finally. Now to drag 
the aging IBMers.

Hello IBM Community Friends,

The IBM Community Festival 2021 starts on Monday, 8 November. Now is the time 
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at 4:00 PM PT.

What to look forward to at the festival:
   
   - 20 user groups participating
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That’s the “View in browser” from an email a friend forwarded, with the
user-specific bits filed off.



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Re: Words fail me!

[Phil Smith III]

Shmuel wrote about someone "spelling out" bind wrongly.

 

That is a doozy! We had a tech writer-supposedly experienced-who we had to
stop from "fixing" things like "userid" and "fileid" (this was on a VM
product). She wanted "CP QUERY USER ID" and "Enter file ID" and like that.
No, just no. But I think your BIND case is worse.

 

 


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Re: IBM has lost it completely

[Tom Brennan]

It's like me trying to be hip around my kids.  They see right through it 
of course.


On 11/9/2021 10:30 AM, zMan wrote:

https://contentsharing.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?message_id=21010227&user_id=IBMCORP

That’s the “View in browser” from an email a friend forwarded, with the
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Re: IBM has lost it completely

[Matt Hogstrom]

+1

Matt Hogstrom
m...@hogstrom.org

A generalist knows less and less about more and more till he knows nothing 
about everything
A specialist knows more and more about less and less till he knows everything 
about nothing

> On Nov 9, 2021, at 1:52 PM, Tom Brennan  wrote:
> 
> It's like me trying to be hip around my kids.  They see right through it of 
> course.
> 
> On 11/9/2021 10:30 AM, zMan wrote:
>> https://contentsharing.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?message_id=21010227&user_id=IBMCORP
>> That’s the “View in browser” from an email a friend forwarded, with the
>> user-specific bits filed off.
>> And this relates to ANY part of IBM’s business…how?
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Re: IBM has lost it completely

[David Spiegel]

Hi Bill,
You said: "... Now to drag the aging IBMers. ..."
the blurb said: "... step inside the Drag Queens´ Palace ..."
Did you choose "drag" because IBM used it, or, is this strictly coincidence?

Regards,
David


On 2021-11-09 13:38, Bill Johnson wrote:

Looks relevant to me. IBM getting into the 21st century finally. Now to drag 
the aging IBMers.

Hello IBM Community Friends,

The IBM Community Festival 2021 starts on Monday, 8 November. Now is the time 
to access our session grids and search, filter and favorite the sessions you 
want to attend on topics from AI and automation to IBM Z®. Looking for fun and 
engaging activities? Dance with DJ Rich Girl, learn about the magical world of 
bees, explore your inner yoga geek, or step inside the Drag Queens´ Palace for 
the most fun interactive bingo game of your life. We invited Madrid's most 
famous drag queen bingo hosts to bring us a fabulous online version 17 November 
at 4:00 PM PT.

What to look forward to at the festival:

- 20 user groups participating

- 54 IBM Champions speaking
- 35-plus IBM distinguished technologists
- 60-plus IBM client sessions
- 200-plus technical sessions
- 240-plus speakers

Sign into IBM Expert TV and begin building your agenda now. We are experts 
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Re: IBM has lost it completely

[Bill Johnson]

Coincidence, but I wish I had used it because IBM used it.


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone


On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 2:38 PM, David Spiegel  
wrote:

Hi Bill,
You said: "... Now to drag the aging IBMers. ..."
the blurb said: "... step inside the Drag Queens´ Palace ..."
Did you choose "drag" because IBM used it, or, is this strictly coincidence?

Regards,
David


On 2021-11-09 13:38, Bill Johnson wrote:
> Looks relevant to me. IBM getting into the 21st century finally. Now to drag 
> the aging IBMers.
>
> Hello IBM Community Friends,
>
> The IBM Community Festival 2021 starts on Monday, 8 November. Now is the time 
> to access our session grids and search, filter and favorite the sessions you 
> want to attend on topics from AI and automation to IBM Z®. Looking for fun 
> and engaging activities? Dance with DJ Rich Girl, learn about the magical 
> world of bees, explore your inner yoga geek, or step inside the Drag Queens´ 
> Palace for the most fun interactive bingo game of your life. We invited 
> Madrid's most famous drag queen bingo hosts to bring us a fabulous online 
> version 17 November at 4:00 PM PT.
>
> What to look forward to at the festival:
>    
>    - 20 user groups participating
>    - 54 IBM Champions speaking
>    - 35-plus IBM distinguished technologists
>    - 60-plus IBM client sessions
>    - 200-plus technical sessions
>    - 240-plus speakers
>
> Sign into IBM Expert TV and begin building your agenda now. We are experts 
> together everywhere.
>
> See you soon!
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 1:30 PM, zMan  wrote:
>
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontentsharing.net%2Factions%2Femail_web_version.cfm%3Fmessage_id%3D21010227%26user_id%3DIBMCORP&data=04%7C01%7C%7C8c9f82950dfa4da1e05808d9a3b03313%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637720799511696846%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ev1w0XVCr%2FVQvZK9wxzQla4hEaBlaB24AfECqr5BZoY%3D&reserved=0
>
> That’s the “View in browser” from an email a friend forwarded, with the
> user-specific bits filed off.
>
>
>
> And this relates to ANY part of IBM’s business…how?

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Re: SMPE apply error SYMLINKS

[Jake Anderson]

Hello All

Thanks to Kurt. Under the /Service some of the directories were missing and
I created those. Then tried applying again and it went fine.

Thanks all for your help

On Tue, 9 Nov, 2021, 7:51 pm Kurt J. Quackenbush,  wrote:

> > Based on reason code I have looked into each directory and it exists but
> > not sure which file it is looking for and failing.
>
> Unfortunately message BPXF170E truncates the desired SYMLINK value.  I
> can't see the ++APAR so don't know for sure the SYMLINK value but if it
> matches the prior value for EZAMLCAT the message is complaining about this
> directory:
>
> /Service/usr/lpp/tcpip/lib/nls/msg/C/IBM/
> ../../../../../../../../usr/lib/nls/msg/C/ezamlcat.cat
>
> After resolving the "../" you get this directory:
>
> /Service/usr/lib/nls/msg/C/
>
> Does that directory exist?  Is it mounted?  Does the SYMLINK value on the
> ++HFS statement in the ++APAR match the existing SYMLINK value for
> EZAMLCAT?  Look at the ++APAR in your SMPPTS and look at the HFS entry in
> the target zone to compare the SYMLINK values.
>
> Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM,  z/OS SMP/E and z/OSMF Software Management
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Re: Browser HTTPS-Only mode (was z/OS holddata...)

[Joel C. Ewing]

It turns out that the current Edge browser (under both W10 and W11) does 
also have HTTPS-Only Mode, but they really hide it well!   Without a 
Google search you would never know the hidden option exists:


You first have to specify in the address field 
"edge://flags/#edge-automatic-https" and change the status for that Edge 
flag from "Default" to "Enabled" and then restart Edge.


Then and only then will you see under Edge "Settings", "Privacy, search, 
and services" under "Security" a new option to "Automatically switch to 
more secure connections with Automatic HTTPS" which will then be Enabled 
but "only on websites likely [not explained] to support HTTPS".  You can 
choose to change the option to "Always switch from HTTP to HTTPS", which 
then makes things work similarly to the Firefox HTTPS-Only Mode.


I understand this is the same code in Edge that is in the Chrome 
browser, except under the Chrome browser it is supposedly enabled by 
default.  On Chrome under Fedora Linux it is "enabled" in the sense that 
you can see the option exists, but I still have to explicitly turn on 
the visible option to "Always use secure connections".


I like the Edge implementation of this option best, because on the 
service.software.ibm.com website it tells you explicitly in the Error 
Window without any additional work or mouse clicks that the error seen 
with https is that the certificate for the site belongs to 
aix.software.ibm.com.  The other browsers give an error indication 
without explanation so the error appears more serious than it is.  I 
think most of us can figure out that IBM owns both 
service.software.ibm.com and aix.software.ibm.com, so it's just a matter 
of mis-configuration, not a rogue phishing website or a 
man-in-the-middle compromise.  On Firefox, if you know to do it, you can 
click to look at certificate details and get the same information, but 
that requires more user effort and awareness.


So all three of these major browser support the option, but it has to be 
configured on.


  Joel C. Ewing

On 11/8/21 03:54, Paul Gilmartin wrote:

On Sun, 7 Nov 2021 23:00:01 -0600, Barbara Nitz wrote:


I notice these are now available from:


Yes, I found that out when I needed the lastest holddata. I had forgotten to 
use IE (as long as we still have that) and had used Edge


Does Edge force the HTTPS-Only Mode that Joel mentioned?

The page above (still) has sample JCL for batch download via FTP.
How might one download an HTTPS resource in batch?  Would it
require Co:Z and/or Ported tools (curl)?

Extra credit if one can un-TERSE a ".bin" instance without using a temp data 
set.


... (no Firefox, no Chrome here) and it worked. Now I can only hope that IBM 
will no longer put ptf documentation inside a ++HOLD DOC as ftp links or as 
links to public data stores. IE will go away here soon and access to data 
stores gets blocked every time.

?
What's a "data store"?  Will downloads of HTTPS resources be prohibited?
What about ShopZ and RECEIVE ORDER?

-- gil

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