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Re: CPYF giving locks

----- Original Message -----
From: <Peter.Sheehan@cbs.fiserv.com>


> In fact, vice versa, also. What's really strange is that the presence or
> otherwise of the EXCLRD locks on the input file depends on REUSEDLT on the
> output file!
> Simple enough? But what's the answer to the question Why?

Peter,

My guess: When the ToFile has REUSEDLT(*YES) and maybe the FromFile also has
REUSEDLT(*YES), CPYF will perform a more low level copy of every rcd,
deleted or not, in the file. Otherwise it just copies the undeleted rcds. To
copy the deleted rcds, an EXCLRD lock is needed on the from file.

Steve Richter

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