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Common Library Definitions

This section covers the following topics:


What are Common Library Definitions?

A common library definition is a name reserved for a common library which may or may not exist physically.

You can perform the following commands on common library definitions:

  ADD MODIFY COPY DELETE INFO MEMBER
Common Library Definition X     X    

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Listing Common Library Definitions

Start of instruction setTo list common library definitions

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Adding Common Library Definitions

When you add a common library definition, you do not create a common library directly, but reserve a name for one. A common library does not exist physically until you copy members into it.

Start of instruction setTo add a common library definition

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Deleting Common Library Definitions

When you delete a common library definition, the library becomes unavailable for your users but still exists physically and is listed in the Libraries List screen.

Start of instruction setTo delete a common library definition

  1. Issue the DELETE COMMON common library definition-name command from the Common Library Definition List.

  2. Confirm the deletion in the window which appears.

    The library is unavailable to users but still exists physically.

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