Re: Execute flag for database files -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Execute flag for database files
From: Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:28:49 +0200
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Hello Rob,

Am 10.04.2025 um 17:51 schrieb Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>:

Your directory analogy bears weight. After all, what is a file but a directory to it's members?
WRKLNK '/QSYS.LIB/MYLIB.LIB/MYFILE.FILE/*.MBR'

Good catch!

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.3.0?topic=ssw_ibm_i_73/cl/grtobjaut.html#GRTOBJAUT.AUT

"Execute authority provides the authority needed to run a program or locate an object in a library." — It's not mentioned explicitly but I guess this bit is simply ignored for database files?

:wq! PoC

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Re: Execute flag for database files , Patrik Schindler
Re: Execute flag for database files , Vern Hamberg

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