Re: CRTDUPOBJ: how to retain the create date and usage info

[Mark S Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, again, Joel:

Correction to my earlier reply -- the QLICOBJD API "last changed" key 
only lets you change the object's last changed date and time stamp to 
the current date-time stamp, or not change it at all. So, this may not 
help you.

If you can explain why you think you need this "last changted" date to 
be set the same as the original object, and what exactly you are doing 
with that information, perhaps we can suggest some alternatives.

All the best,

Mark S. Waterbury

> On 7/18/2013 5:31 PM, Stone, Joel wrote:
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> So I tried SAVOBJ/RSTOBJ.
>
> Now I lose the "Last used date" info, which is critical to retain for this project.
>
> Is it possible to create a copy of an object and retain both the CREATE-DATE and the LAST-USED-DATE?
>
> I tried SAVOBJ UPDHST(*NO) but this still stepped on the last-used date when restored.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark S Waterbury
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2:36 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: CRTDUPOBJ: how to retain the create date and usage info
>
> Joel:
>
> By definition, CRTDUPOBJ creates a new object based on an existing
> object as a "template". The new object will have today's date and time
> as the "Create Date" and the current user profile as the object owner.
>
> If you want to "clone" a objects from one library to another, preserving
> all of the attributes, you could do something like this:
>
>       CRTSAVF    QTEMP/SAVF
>       SAVOBJ    OBJ(objectname) LIB(libraryone) DEV(*SAVF)
> SAVF(QTEMP/SAVF) OBJTYPE(*PAGSEG) UPDHST(*NO)
>       RSTOBJ    OBJ(objectname) SAVLIB(librarytwo) DEV(*SAVF)
> SAVF(QTEMP/SAVF) OBJTYPE(*PAGSEG)
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Mark S. Waterbury
>
>   > On 7/17/2013 3:24 PM, Stone, Joel wrote:
> > I need to copy objects from one lib to another and retain the create date and last date used info.
> >
> > How can this be accomplished?
> >
> > Object type = *pagseg and *ovl, maybe others
> >
> > Thanks!