Re: Oops... Potential gotcha with WRKIMGCLGE, option 4

Larry

Of course, I've NEVER left out an important feature in an app!

Vern

At 09:17 AM 3/29/2007, you wrote:

This is true right through V5R4. Option 4 from the WRKIMGCLGE command
will delete the image as well as the entry in the catalog. I guess what
annoys me is that you can't prompt any of the options!

  - Larry

Brian wrote:
> Beware of a potential gotcha when using the "4=Remove" option in Work with
> Image Catalog Entry (WRKIMGCLGE) instead of using the RMVIMGCLGE command.
> Unlike using RMVIMGCLGE whose default is KEEP(*YES), using the
> "4=Remove" option from WRKIMGCLGE not only removes the entry from the image
> catalog but also deletes the image file from the system. Even on the help
> panel for the Confirm Remove of Image Catalog Entry screen it never states
> that the image file will be deleted from the system. A slip-up here could
> mean loosing a lot of time re-downloading an image file.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> BJ
>

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