On 31 Aug 2013 06:52, Charles Wilt wrote:
How can I clean up PTF's downloaded via fix central directly to
*SERVICE?
I canceled the download in the middle as it was taking way too long
and am downloading images instead...
As I recall, those fixes would be in the form of PTF save files [fix
save files]; i.e. as with Send PTF Order (SNDPTFORD). If so, then the
two doc links included below are probably of interest. If not, then
very little of the remaining text would be relevant.
FWiW, for a similar issue, I had sometimes just used a PDM option to
effect the DLTPTF from a list provided by a variant of WRKOBJPDM QGPL
*ALL *FILE OBJATR(SAVF); newer releases IIRC had added more generic
capabilities to the parameters of Delete Program Temporary Fix (DLTPTF),
to avoid customizing the option or creating additional PDM options. The
/same/ list of files could generated by a request to either DSPFD
FILE(QGPL/*ALL) TYPE(*ATR) OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) FILEATR(*SAVF)
OUTFILE(QTEMP/FDATRSAVF) or DSPFD FILE(QGPL/*ALL) TYPE(*BASATR)
OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) FILEATR(*SAVF) OUTFILE(QTEMP/FDBASSAVF) and then some
means to process that list of rows could be applied; e.g. RCVF in a CLP
or a SQL UDF effecting the CL DLTPTF. The DSPPTF output and PTF APIs
should be able to more directly deal with the *SERVICE and save file
existence, rather than by inference from a list of what save files exist
[¿and verified by their contents via List Save File (QSRLSAVF) API? or
the Retrieve Program Temporary Fix Information (QPZRTVFX) API]. I used
the indirect method, simply because I knew all of the save files would
be newly created from my recent download request and thus identified
very specifically a list of PTF identifiers that needed to be dealt
with; i.e. I was not trying to deal with all PTF save files associated
with *SERVICE, I was just wanting to deal with those fixes for which a
save file was [most assuredly just] created by my recent download.
The following links were found searching InfoCenter on tokens:
cleanup fixes in *service
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzam8/rzam8fixsavefile.htm
IBM i 7.1 Information Center -> IBM i and related software ->
Maintaining and managing IBM i and related software -> Using software
fixes -> Fixes concepts and terms
_i Fix save files i_
"... Consider deleting your save files after... you no longer want to
distribute the save file to another system. Use the Delete PTF (DLTPTF)
command or the Management Central cleanup function. For instructions,
see _Cleaning up fixes_
..."
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/rzam8/rzam8fixcleanup1.htm
_i Cleaning up fixes i_
"... it might be time to delete your save files and cover letters for
i5/OS® fixes.
Over time, save files and cover letters for fixes tend to accumulate.
After you have permanently installed a fix and performed a SAVSYS
operation, you might want to delete the fix save file and cover letter
if you do not need to distribute it to another system and if you are
satisfied that the fix is not defective. Once a fix has been permanently
installed and the save file is deleted, all information about the fix
except the status information is also deleted. By deleting the save
file, you can make more room on your system for other files.
Parent topic: _Using software fixes_
_Deleting save files with iSeries Navigator_
iSeries® Navigator provides you with a way to delete save files and
cover letters for fixes that are no longer needed. To clean up your save
files and cover letters, follow these steps:
...
_Deleting save files with the DLTPTF command_
From the character-based interface, use the Delete Program Temporary
Fix (DLTPTF) command to delete PTF save files and cover letters. Do not
use the Delete File (DLTF) command to delete PTF save files. If you use
the DLTF command, the PTF function will not detect that you deleted the
save file.
..."
FWiW: The text for the latter link above, was also copied into the
following very recent archived message, also discussing fix save files
that were no longer desirable, although probably having been obsolesced
by a different cause:
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201308/msg00953.html
# Subject: Re: PTF install questions
# Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:48:27 -0700
midrange.com
