Is this just the way that scripts referencing a source file work?
Do I have to delete and redefine a script each time I want to change the
source file?

TSM Server Version 5, Release 5, Level 1.0
Host server: AIX, 6.1.0.0

My question is regarding creating a script.  I wanted to make a script
referencing a file on the host server that I could run from a dsmadmc
batch command.  In this case I want to make a list of "move data" commands
to run after I log out.
I set it up on a qa server with little difficulty.
I tried it on prod and it failed and failed.

I was baffled because I copied most of what went into prod, straight from
qa; both in TSM and in the source file on the host.
        Both files were in the same location.
        Both files were created as root with the same permissions.
(-rw-r--r--    1 root     system          432 Sep 17 15:02 move.data)
> However, when I ran a "q script move_data f=r" for the Prod script, it
only showed the first line of the source file, which was simply a
description for the contents of the file:

tsm: TSM-Prod>q script move_data_f  f=r
/*  temp file for TSM move_data_f script */

 But the source file itself contained additional (useful) lines.
root@UX-TSM-PROD:/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin >cat move.data
/*  temp file for TSM move_data_f script */
Move Data  Volser1  reconstruct=yes  wait=y
Move Data  Volser2 reconstruct=yes  wait=y
Move Data  Volser3 reconstruct=yes  wait=y

> There was a slight difference in the two move.data files on the
different host servers:
The QA version has slightly different text in the description line, one
less space and a capital "T":
root@UX-TSM-QA:/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin >cat move.data
 /* Temp file for TSM move_data_f script */
Move Data  QVolser1reconstruct=yes  wait=y
Move Data  QVolser2 reconstruct=yes  wait=y

I went over the differences in the way I defined the scripts and created
the source files.
For the first one, I created the source file first, completely.  Then I
defined the script.
For the second, I created the source file, but with only the description.
        Then I defined the script.
        Then I ran a select to give me a list of move data commands.
        THEN I added those commands to the source file.
It seems like the script only looks at the source file WHEN the script is
defined.  Changes made to that file later are ignored.  Is that right?
I thought I could just go and edit the source file with new data any time
I liked.

To fix this problem I had to delete the script and redefine it.  It worked
after that.

George Huebschman (George H.)
(At a sensitive but not classified location (containing no PID) that shows
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