I believe that "first previous" is equivalent to the relative -1 generation.
Linda Sent from my iPhone On Dec 1, 2018, at 5:38 PM, retired mainframer <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On >> Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin >> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2018 12:13 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: "first previous"? >> >> From Program Management UG and Ref: >> >> A SYMPATH specification applies to all SYMLINK specifications that >> precede it, >> back to the first previous SYMPATH. >> >> The word "previous" seems superfluous here. I wonder whether it means >> "very first SYMPATH" or "nearest previous SYMPATH? > > I always took it to mean the latter. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
