> ADD DDDEF(VSHZFSX) PATH'/u/some/directory') .
> So it doesn't validate access to or even existence of that directory.
APPLY CHECK does indeed check for the existence of the directory, but it does
not check a user's permissions to update files in that directory.
Kurt Quackenbush
IBM
Hi Phil,
That is true provided the DDDEFs are instead coded as JCL.
Regards,
David
On 2023-09-05 20:47, Phil Smith III wrote:
Mark Jacobs 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.
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
Mark Jacobs 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.
And in my experience (limited, obviously) with traditional target data sets,
you'll get a JCL error earlier. So this may just be
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
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