This section covers the following topics:

• What are Common Library Definitions?

• Listing Common Library Definitions

• Adding Common Library Definitions

• Deleting Common Library Definitions

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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

Listing Common Library Definitions

To list common library definitions

• Issue the COMMON command.

  Or:
  Select the menu item Common Library Definition from the Administration Menu.

  The Common Library Definition List screen appears as in the following example:

  14:51 ***** Super Natural ***** 1999-05-21 SBE - Common Library Definition List - SNMEL More: + Library prefix: C Cmd Library *______ __ AAA __ AKE __ BRIGGS __ DEMO __ ERROR __ EZA __ HWA __ KE __ KE24 __ LCCOMM2 __ NKA __ NSNCAQ Add _______ Cmd(s): Add, Delete Select one command from list Command ===> Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12--- Help Exit Flip + Canc

  The Library List screen shows the following:

  • Common library prefix

  • Common libraries which are either in use or for which a name has been reserved.

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.

To add a common library definition

• Issue the ADD COMMON common-library-definition-name command.

  A name is reserved for the a common library.

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.

To 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.