On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:22:33 -0600, Dave Jousma wrote:
>On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:06:36 -0600, James C. wrote:
>
>>Normally I edit the DDEFs via jcl to /Service instead of / for maintenance
>>but I was wondering if this is still the preferred/best method? The last time
>>doing this there were 118 paths to update so not entirely trivial.
>>
Does SMP/E provide no way to do this by changing a single symbol?
If not, support for symbols should be an RFE on SMP/E.
>No need to do it manually.
>
>ZEDIT DDDEF .
> CHANGE PATH('/'*,
> '/Service'*).
> ENDZONEEDIT .
>
>Many have a Target zone dedicated to applying service that never gets IPL'd.
>Your question leads me to believe that you might be doing some kind of hybrid
>maintenance approach that could be a bit "dangerous".
>
I'd consider it safer to keep "/TARGET" in the maste copy and:
ZEDIT DDDEF .
CHANGE PATH('/TARGET'*,
'/'*).
ENDZONEEDIT .
...
submit; cancel
-- gil
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