Re: Copy Member

[vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Logical member has no data - if you CPYF of a member of a logical file, you get a physical file - check the F1 help text.

There IS an ADDLFM if I remember rightly - yup - google to the rescue.

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Al Mac Wheel <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxx> 

> I'm n V5R1. 
>
> I want to copy a logical member to a new member with duplicate contents, 
> with different name, to use in new programs I want to test and tweak 
> outside the job stream. I do not have source code for the old logical 
> member. I was looking for something like CPYLFM. 
>
> A job stream, of a ton of programs, creates a logical file member. 
> Various programs access it via OVRDBF, they populate its physical records, 
> update them, use them, in the job stream, leave the physical data in place, 
> clear the logical member, and delete the overrides. 
>
> I want to leave the job stream as is, except before the clearing, copy the 
> logical member to a new member with identical contents, but different name, 
> to use in new programs to be tested and tweaked outside the job stream. 
>
> Is that doable? 
> - 
> Al Macintyre 
>
>
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