Re: Method to determine if a library is in use

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oops! Not VPYLIB - CPYLIB - the keyboard moved on me!

On 8/6/2015 9:05 AM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> A library is essentially only a list of the objects it contains. I 
> expect that the only time I'd get a lock on a library is if I'm doing 
> something with it directly, like being in a library list or VPYLIB 
> kind of thing. I even tried DSPLIB and WRKLIB - once the list of 
> objects was displayed for DSPLIB, there was no lock on the library. 
> WRKLIB just listed the library name at first, no lock then, either.
>
> On 8/6/2015 8:39 AM, John McKee wrote:
> > My guess is that command is working correctly.  No locks on the library
> > itself.  Why would a lock on an object in a library also lock the 
> > library?
> > Or, I am wondering, if there might be a specific type of lock on the
> > library, such as SHRRD that might be related to an open file in the 
> > library.
> >
> > John McKee