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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories z/OS Application Development
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 15, 2009

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PDS 'refresh' not working for anything except ISPF updates

Please see IBM issue 90060-227. This pertains to RDz client not recognizing updates to PDS members unless the update is done by TSO/ISPF. TSO/ISPF is the only thing that currently updates the "user data" area in the PDS directory, and that's apparently what RDz uses to decide if a 'refresh' is 'REALLY' needed. That's just WRONG. If we update a member with IEBGENER (or any in-house written batch program) the member is updated, but the user-data area is not, and RDz does not know there are new members (for say source, or other types).

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for System z

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for System z

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 21, 2009

    The requested information was not provided and the RFE is being closed.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 12, 2009

    Resubmitting previous response, we'll close the request if no further updates received.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 16, 2009

    If a program that changes the file contents does not update the member modification time stamps, we have no way of detecting a change short of reading the contents of every file. If you know that a file has been modified in this way, you can clear the file from cache which will force us to open the current version on the host. To clear cache, go to Preferences->Remote Systems->File Cache and click the Clear Cache button. Please respond if you have any questions.

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