Re: V7R4 Available for download from ESS site

[B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Rob.

On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 10:05 AM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Note:
> When you download the images it will bring down a bunch of .zip files.
> Let's say you downloaded that into ...\downloads
> You will have to extract those.  For example
> ...\Downloads\B_2924...something.udf.zip
> Will be extracted.
> Be careful when you run the extract!  By default it will create a new
> folder.  So now you will have
> ...\Downloads\B_2924...something.udf\B_2924...something.udf
> Notice the extra folder in the middle between the source folder and the
> actual file with the same name as the file?
>
> And then you do something stupid like mass blast all your .udf FOLDERS up
> to your IBM i and try to do an ADDIMGCLGE on them and you get
> CPDBC07
> Cause . . . . . :   You specifed a directory in FROMFILE parameter
>
>   /fixes/V7R4/5770_WDS_IBM_i_740_GROUP1_Heritage_Comp_LCD8_2178_02.udf,
> but a
>   directory is not allowed.
>
> Recovery  . . . :   Remove the directory that matches the FROMFILE
> parameter
>   or specify a new image file name for the FROMFILE parameter and retry
> the
>   command.
>
>
> And if you try the
> CALL PGM(QVOIFIMG) PARM('V7R4      ' '*ALL      ' 0)
> Instead you will only see the image catalog entries for those which were
> NOT directories.  No errors will be in that joblog.
>
> Rob Berendt
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