Re: IFS command line tools question

["Mark Allen" <scprideandms@xxxxxxxxx>]

*Vhamberg wrote: "I wish it were as simple as WRKSPLF, where you can put a 2
on multiple items, then put the changes on the command line once, then hit
Enter and bah-dah-bing!!"*

I wish that I didn't keep running into "seasoned" *<insert name-du-jour for
IBM midrange here>* professionals who did NOT you could do this (or *<insert
other commands here>* and are amazed at my brilliance when I show them.



On 8/8/06, vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This reminds me, I think, of how tedious it is to make changes to spooled
> files in OpsNav - you can select multiple files as you describe, but when
> you right-click and click on Properties (IIRC), you get a prompt for each
> item selected, not a single prompt with common items allowed and not common
> items grayed out. Even Windows Explorer does this in the properties window
> when multiple items are selected.
>
> I wish it were as simple as WRKSPLF, where you can put a 2 on multiple
> items, then put the changes on the command line once, then hit Enter and
> bah-dah-bing!!
>
> Vern
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Jim Essinger" <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Would be nice to be able to highlight using either shift-click to get a
> > > range or ctl-click to select a group of individuals. Then do a
> properties
> > > on that selection to get size, etc. Or to change the ownership of a
> > > subset at a time. Or to...
> > >
> >
> > I got the chance to talk to the IBM developers at COMMON EXO a couples
> of
> > spring conferences ago about iNav, and this very subject. They agreed
> that
> > this would be a good feature. I was talking about changing permissions
> on
> > objects as a group rather than showing them one at a time. At that time
> I
> > could do my security changes faster on the 5250 green screen than
> through
> > iNav. I have not tried recently to see if they took this suggestion to
> > heart.
> >
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