Re: "first previous"?
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:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Linda > Sent: 08 December, 2018 1:09 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > 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 mainfra...@q.com> wrote: > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > >> Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > >> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2018 12:13 PM > >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > >> 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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 wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On >> Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin >> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2018 12:13 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: "first previous"?
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2018 12:13 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: "first previous"?
On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 16:00:43 -0500, zMan wrote: >I am thinking that a non-native speaker writing this was perhaps. > (Yodaspeak?) Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markedness#Marked_and_unmarked_word_pairs ??? "first" is unmarked; "last" marked? >On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 3:13 PM Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >> 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?" -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: "first previous"?
I am thinking that a non-native speaker writing this was perhaps. On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 3:13 PM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > 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? > > -- gil > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
"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? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
