RE: QSYSDIR Save Files

Yep, that's the ticket.  Applying these PTF's permanently does delete these 
save files.  I am a little concerned about randomly perm applying PTF's based 
on this criteria though.

Strangely several of these save files are leftover from releases 4.5 and 5.1 
(we're on 5.2.)  I guess I'll just have to weed those out manually.

Thanks,

Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group

-----Original Message-----
date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:03:31 -0500
from: rob@xxxxxxxxx
subject: Re: QSYSDIR Save Files

I wonder if applying your ptf's permanently will delete them?  I think 
this is how it works.  Let's say I have an object called QCMDEXC.  Then I 
apply a ptf SI88888 which has a fix for it.  The first thing it does is it 
backs up that object(s) into the save file QSI88888S1 or some such thing. 
Then it puts the new object in the system.  Because if I do a RMVPTF 
SI88888 it has to restore the object(s) fixed by that ptf.  And it 
restores them from a save file.  If you apply them permanently you can no 
longer do a RMVPTF.  One of the reasons should be because you no longer 
have that save file to restore the older objects from.

Rob Berendt
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