The fact that multiple readers 'think' they know what is meant, is sufficient reason to update the text.
Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Linda > Sent: 08 December, 2018 1:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: "first previous"? > > 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 <retired- > [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 ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
