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I've added two new commands to COZTOOLS:
- SAVLIBL - Save the library list entries to a save area
- RSTLIBL - Restore the library from a library list saved to the save area
They work like a PUSH and POP process (if you're familiar with those IT terms).
Basically every time you save a library list it is added to the library list save area.
Then when you run the RSTLIBL command, the last entry from the save area is restored (your job's library is changed to that saved library list) and the saved library list is removed from the save area.
This allows you to use SAVLIBL, call an application program, and then upon exiting from that program, run the RSTLIBL to return your library list to what it was before calling the application program.
Or you can run SAVLIBL, SAVLIBL, SAVLIBL, followed by one or more RSTLIBL commands and progressively restore the library list based on ever changing conditions.
Likewise you can use the RSTLIBL RMV(*NO) parameter to restore the library list, and keep the saved library list "active" so that the next RSTLIBL will retrieve the same saved library list as the previous RSTLIBL RMV(*NO) command.
So the question is, do these two commands seem at all useful in your shop? I know in at least two clients, they are constantly entering applications that screw up their library list in order to run the app, and then never restore the library list when they exit that same app.
The SAVLIBL command can be run before entering those types of apps, and then the RSTLIBL can be issued upon returning to reset the library list to what it "should" be.
