Re: ILE, Activation groups, and files staying open.

On Jun 2, 2021, at 3:06 PM, Gerald Magnuson <gmagqcy.midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

we have several "generic prompt/select" programs ("F4 programs") that are
called to allow a user to select a value, and return it back to it's
calling program. Currently it is in its own activation group (don't know
why)

looking at a users job, which has been running for several hours, they have
260 open data paths, and the same file is listed as being open many times
in the same activation group, (and in different activation groups as well).

we only have 3 or so named activation groups, along with *CALLER, QILE,
and *DFTACTGRP in our environment. However, looking at the Display Open
Files screen, I see files open from one activation group, then another,
then another, then back to the first, then another, etc.

Questions (sorry, I am just not understanding ILE...):
As we enter these prompt programs, exit, and later return to them,
shouldn't the opens be reused, and not opened again?
Is this a symptom of us having a mix of named, QILE, *CALLER, and
*DFTACTGRP programs?
Would I not have as many open data paths if we had most ALL of our programs
compiled as the same activation group?
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