Fix cover letters

Cover letters provide information about the IBM® i fixes that they accompany. They explain the contents of a fix, the problem that the fix resolves, special instructions that are associated with the fix, and prerequisites, corequisites, and technology refresh requisites that must also be installed on your system for the fix to function properly.

You can view your cover letters with any of the following methods:

• Display PTF Cover Letter (DSPPTFCVR) command
• Display PTF (DSPPTF) command
• Fixes inventory in System i® Navigator. (Refer to Displaying an inventory of fixes on your system with Management Central.)

You receive cover letters electronically as physical file members or on the particular media with the fixes. The cover letters are stored in members of file QAPZCOVER in library QGPL and are named Q pppppppxx, where ppppppp is the fix ID or a timestamp depending on what the fix save file was named. The xx are the last two digits of the language code of the cover letter. For cover letters in English, the last two digits of the language code do not appear, and the member name is the same as the corresponding fix save file name. For a list of tasks associated with fix cover letters, see Working with fix cover letters.