Re: IFS command line tools question

It wasn't an bing for Vern, just a comment that how many DON't know what he
and I (and most of the community) does

Of course then I am expecting to much I guess, just been seeing too many
"coders" lately (hey so what if it takes me an extra hour a day, thats $100
more on my gross pay for the week), and not many "programmers"

On 8/8/06, Turnidge, Dave <DTurnidge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ouch! Vern got "binged"... So, show us...

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Subject: Re: IFS command line tools question

*Vhamberg wrote: "I wish it were as simple as WRKSPLF, where you can put
a 2 on multiple items, then put the changes on the command line once,
then hit Enter and bah-dah-bing!!"*

I wish that I didn't keep running into "seasoned" *<insert name-du-jour
for IBM midrange here>* professionals who did NOT you could do this (or
*<insert other commands here>* and are amazed at my brilliance when I
show them.



On 8/8/06, vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This reminds me, I think, of how tedious it is to make changes to
> spooled files in OpsNav - you can select multiple files as you
> describe, but when you right-click and click on Properties (IIRC), you

> get a prompt for each item selected, not a single prompt with common
> items allowed and not common items grayed out. Even Windows Explorer
> does this in the properties window when multiple items are selected.
>
> I wish it were as simple as WRKSPLF, where you can put a 2 on multiple

> items, then put the changes on the command line once, then hit Enter
> and bah-dah-bing!!
>
> Vern
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Jim Essinger" <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Would be nice to be able to highlight using either shift-click to
> > get a
> > > range or ctl-click to select a group of individuals. Then do a
> properties
> > > on that selection to get size, etc. Or to change the ownership of
> > > a subset at a time. Or to...
> > >
> >
> > I got the chance to talk to the IBM developers at COMMON EXO a
> > couples
> of
> > spring conferences ago about iNav, and this very subject. They
> > agreed
> that
> > this would be a good feature. I was talking about changing
> > permissions
> on
> > objects as a group rather than showing them one at a time. At that
> > time
> I
> > could do my security changes faster on the 5250 green screen than
> through
> > iNav. I have not tried recently to see if they took this suggestion
> > to heart.
> >
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