RE: ILE 100.5

["Reeve" <news@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, signing off and on is the ultimate cleanup (excluding IMPL), but it's a
major drain on productivity when you have a series of overrides, test files
in QTEMP, and command history available in the current job with F9.  Yes, I
can add the overrides to a script and put my test files in a persistent
program, but many times I end up in a unique (and non-scriptable) situation
based on the direction the testing is going.  

A DSPACCGRP-like tool would be extremely useful in tracking down open files,
rogue access groups, etc.

-reeve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Morris
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:52 PM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: ILE 100.5
> 
> Jon Paris wrote:
> >
> >  >> To reclaim ane ACTGRP, use RCLACTGRP <name>/*ELIGIBLE.
> >  >> *ELIGIBLE will reclaim all ACTGRPs that are no longer used.
> >
> > ... It is a great helper for the programmer when
> > testing, ...
> 
> In my experience it's not even a help when testing.  On two occasions I
> spent a couple of hours debugging problems that I thought were caused by
> my code but were actually caused by DFTACTGRP(*ELIGIBLE).  (Would have
> been "one" occasion, but I'm a slow learner.)  Now I never use it -
> signing off and back on is quick enough.
> 
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