Comments on: QTEMP file not removed

By: Rpgldb

Rpgldb — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:30:58 +0000

Thanks for all the responses. Yes, I knew that I could delete the file, but I was curious as to why it wasn’t automatically deleted. It turns out that because I was running the job as a test I was calling the first CLP from the command line, then that CLP called the next CLP. All of this was interactive. For some reason I wasn’t thinking about the fact that because I was interactive my session itself is the “job” and therefore the file would not be deleted while I was still on my session.Thanks again for all your input.

By: TomLiotta

TomLiotta — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:19:12 +0000

At the end of the job stream my file is not removed.

Please define what you mean by “At the end of the job stream…”. There are multiple ways that your programming might run, and the different ways will have different “end of job stream”.

You might call the programming directly from a command line or menu option. In that case, the end of the job stream will happen when you sign off of the interactive session.

You might use a SBMJOB command to submit the job to ‘batch’. If so, the end of the job will happen essentially when the program ends.

Or you might call the program remotely through the Remote Command server or as a stored procedure through the database server. If so, the end of the job will happen when that server instance ends. That might or might not coincide with the ending of your program.

If there are any circumstances when the end of your program does not coincide with the end of the job, and you need to ensure that the file is gone, then you should use DLTF at the end of your program. Technically, whenever a resource is no longer needed, it should be deleted whether in QTEMP or not.

Tom

By: aceofdelts

aceofdelts — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:22:48 +0000

Or DLTF at the start of your code (with a MONMSG)

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:32:55 +0000

Perhaps you should add DLTF TSS1580 at the end of your code.