Re: Question about opening and closing files

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/09/2008, at 1:22 PM, vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Much of the time the old program is "moved" to QRPLOBJ - keeping  
> some kind of pointer in jobs that were using it.

Same pointer it always had. Object address doesn't change--just the  
context.

> Would it work to delete the object in QRPLOBJ, forcing the jobs to  
> find the newer version? Or would the jobs crash?

Crash. Probably MCH3402. Otherwise known as a "learning experience".

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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