The rationale is simple: the target libraries may not be accessible on the system performing the APPLY CHECK ... for example, golden master environment, where APPLY CHECK is to validate the fix pre/coreq before distribution. Another example is security rights, APPLY cauld run under a more powerful userid than APPLY CHECK, which affects dataset access.
On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 10:42 AM Mark Jacobs < [email protected]> wrote: > Apply check doesn't open any target traditional datasets, or Unix System > Services paths, so it's WAD. Whether it should is a different question. > > Mark Jacobs > > Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > > GPG Public Key - > https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] > > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 at 8:25 PM, Phil Smith III < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have a statement in the allocate job: > > > > ADD DDDEF(VSHZFSX) PATH'/u/some/directory') . > > > > > > > > The later Apply Check job just does: > > > > //SMPCNTL DD * > > > > SET BOUNDARY(TARGET) . > > > > APPLY S(VVSH840) CHECK . > > > > > > > > So it doesn't validate access to or even existence of that directory. > Could/should it? I don't know whether this is even reasonable, which makes > it a bit hard to research! Obviously we'll document it in great detail, but > as previously noted, I'm trying to make this as easy as possible for the > users, and failing on Apply Check seems more correct than on Apply (which > is where it fails now if that directory isn't there or the user doesn't > have R/W access). > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
