Re: DFU support in 7.6

Kind of two different things.
S/38 utilities was mainly commands that used to be in a slightly different
format than the 3x3 verb/noun or the 3x3x3 verb/adjective/noun that we use
on IBM i.

DFU is different.  Now, there may have been some S/38 Utilities version of
the DFU commands.  So that may be why you're thinking of S/38 Utilities.
But what really concerns you is this:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183543
The following products and functions are not supported on IBM i 7.6....
...
- Data File Utility (DFU)
...

Now, "not supported" does not mean "removed".

At 7.6 I have
Resource
   ID     Option  Feature  Description
5770WDS   *BASE    5050    IBM Rational Development Studio for i
5770WDS   *BASE    2924    IBM Rational Development Studio for i

STRDFU
1. Run a DFU program
2. Create a DFU program
3. Change a DFU program
4. Delete a DFU program
5. Update data using temporary program

On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM Dean Eshleman via MIDRANGE-L <
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> Hi,
>
> I saw that "IBM System/38 Utilities for System i (5761DB1) is dropped at
> V7R6M0".  At first I didn't know what that was, but apparently DFU's are a
> relic from the system 38?  I know we have some DFU's in use currently.
> When I look at them on the system I see an object of type *FILE and an
> attribute of DFUEXC or DFU.  Will these still run on 7.6?
>
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