I lurk on the listserv to improve my plumbing skills. Given the complexity of what I've seen discussed here, I'm hoping one of the experts can respond to me.
We use IBM Personal Communications as our terminal emulator. We often have PC (or LAN server) files that we'd like to process on VM, but oftentimes the files are huge and we do not need all the data. Currently we use the 'upload' feature to bring the file to the mainframe and then can use Pipelines to 'work' the data. But the upload time is long AND quite often there isn't enough space on our minidisks. (Yes, we can get temp space, etc.). I'm looking to see if either one of two possibilities exist: 1) is there a <(un)documented> driver which can hook into the IND$FILE flow of information so that a PIPELINE can intercept the data, manipulate it and stream its output to a VM file using ">" ? OR (although this might not be the proper audience for this alternative...) 2) is there a way to redirect the IND$File action on VM to create not a CMS file, but a SPOOL file, because spool space is more readily available for large files. Once there, a RDR driver would allow me to process the spool file, w/o needing the whole file on my VM ID. Thanks, Joe ************************************************************** This message, including any attachments, contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies. You are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. TIAA-CREF **************************************************************
