Re: Reclaiming Delete Record Space....

At 10:09 AM 9/4/98 +1000, you wrote:
>
>
>Terry Herrin wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 3 Sep 1998 15:12:03 -0700 , you wrote:
>> >Is RGZPFM the only way you can remove delete records from a physical
>> >data file or can it be accomplished via some save restore process too?
>>
>> Well, you could always do a CRTDUPOBJ DATA(*NO) to create an empty
>> file with the same structure, then do a CPYF to copy the records to
>> the new file.  After the copy is done, delete the original file and
>> move the new file into it's place.
>
>Save file to tape, delete and restore.  Deleted records won't be restored to
>file.
>
With all due respect, I believe this answer is incorrect,

Al




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