Re: A basic question

>At 02:52 PM 6/10/97 -0400, Al Barsa, Jr. wrote:
>>Also sometimes the entire object is not saved,
>>however in this case, enough of the object is stored on tape so that it can
>>be recreated as if it were being saved/restored..
>
>In what cases would not the entire object be saved?

OUTQ's have only the description saved, not the contents.
Logical files may (based on the parameters on the SAVxxx command)
save only the description of the keys, and not the actual access path.
When such a logical is restored, the system rebuilds the access path
from the restored description.

Buck Calabro
Commsoft
mcalabro@commsoft.net   

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