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Initializing Existing Log Area

If you initialize an existing Log Area, any information recorded in the area is destroyed. The INIT function opens the data set for output. No edits are made by CA Datacom/DB concerning the current use of the data set. Be sure that any required data has been spilled to a Recovery File (RXX) and that no CA Datacom/DB system is actively using the area before requesting this function.

CA Datacom/DB maintains a count of Recovery Files built from a Log Area. The Recovery File number (displayed in the DB00310I log spill message) is reset to 1 after an INIT of the Log Area.