Re: How to tell if a file has been modified

2009-09-10 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers
09, 2009 5:43 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: How to tell if a file has been modified On Wednesday, 09/09/2009 at 04:57 EDT, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com wrote: I'm writing a preprocess for editing the directory. I need to be able to tell if the directory was actually

Re: How to tell if a file has been modified

2009-09-09 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 09/09/2009 at 04:57 EDT, Frank M. Ramaekers framaek...@ailife.com wrote: I'm writing a preprocess for editing the directory. I need to be able to tell if the directory was actually updated. The information from the PIPE STATE is not precise enough (down to the minute). I can

Re: How to tell if a file has been modified

2009-09-09 Thread Schuh, Richard
To insure that it is not being updated as you make your comparison, you need to link it SR, SW, ER, or EW before checking. This assumes it is on a minidisk and not in SFS. In SFS lock the darn thing. If you have a stable or exclusive link, it will not be stale the moment you access it. That or

Re: How to tell if a file has been modified

2009-09-09 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 09/09/2009 at 06:55 EDT, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrote: To insure that it is not being updated as you make your comparison, you need to link it SR, SW, ER, or EW before checking. This assumes it is on a minidisk and not in SFS. In SFS lock the darn thing. If you have a

Re: How to tell if a file has been modified

2009-09-09 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 09/09/2009 at 08:07 EDT, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrote: And nobody told the perpetrators of ISPF :-) Flag on the play! No one from ISPF Development or anyone else who knows how it works has chimed in with the definitive description. Lot of speculation, few facts.