Re: Conditional File OPEN

[Ken Sims <mdrg6315@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jerry -

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:17:10 -0600, Jerry Adams
<jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> No, Buck.  It was created (CRTPF) with Share(*No).
>
> None of the files on the system have Share(*Yes).  Which means that, if 
> these two programs had opened the file implicitly (i.e., not been 
> defined as USROPN), both programs would have still opened the file 
> (i.e., data path); just never see that since it's under the covers.
>
> Thanks, Buck.  I had never given much thought to files being opened 
> (implicitly or explicitly) before. 

Even with SHARE(*YES), program B will still have to OPEN the file to
use it, it just will use the same ODP (Open Data Path) as program A.

Ken
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