Re: CRTPF question?

[Neil Palmer <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check out the new CHGPF support, I BELIEVE this is only in V3R2 & V3R7.


On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Tim Truax wrote:

> Hello All,
> Why isn't there a keyword on the CRTPF CL command that will give you an
> option to reserve the files existing data and then *ADD the data back
> using the FMTOPT(*NOCHK) for you?  Is this a stupid question?  But the
> OS400 developers seemed to have thought of everything so I am suprised
> that you have to go thru several steps when changing a physical file
> (Change the DDS, CRTDUPOBJ the current file, then CRTPF the new blank
> file, then CPYF the old data into it) Is there a good reason for these
> methodical steps? 
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