Re: Best Practice Question -- MIDRANGE-L

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DSPATR OBJ('/tmp') should show
Can be saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No

If not then
CHGATR OBJ('/tmp') ATR(*ALWSAV) VALUE(*NO)

Definitely "best practices".

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Just wondering if it would be considered a best practice to always exclude
the /TMP folder in the IFS for a regular backup of the system. This folder
is used by items of the OS and we had a customer where SNDSMTPEMM failed
when our product tried to send an email during their save.

Rich Loeber
Kisco Systems LLC
https://www.kisco.com

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