On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:52:02 -0500, Ed Gould wrote:
>Mark,
>
>I had a discussion at SHARE (long time ago grant you) with an IBM type.
>I think I remember this from the discussion.
>IEBCOPY is for copying
>COPY does not delete the input as it is a copy.
>The design was never meant for "moving", ie copy then deleting the
>source member.
>------------END conversation-----------
>
>I think a solid easily made requirement for a separate utility for
>moving members. ie a replacement for IEHMOVE (shudder) can be made.
>
Why not an enhancement to IEBCOPY. DRY.
But what about ISPF LM services in batch? Is the COPY/MOVE
utility readily available that way? And doesn't ISPF nowadays
employ IEBCOPY for copying. (I find some 30-year samples
suggesting that SPFCOPY exist{s|ed} as an interface to IEBCOPY).
-- gil
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