No, I did not write FIXDATE to be compatible with IBM's IUO tool, it was always meant to be a front-end for DMSPLU. Advanges - an error message iso RC 24 for an invalid date/time - more freedom in date & time formats - It avoids the CMS abend for DMSPLU against a fle on a R/O disk
2009/10/23 Glenn Knickerbocker <[email protected]> > "Schuh, Richard" wrote: > > What is unmanageable about "'DMSPLU' fn ft fm dt tm"? Of course the > > date and time must be properly formatted, > > That's exactly it. DMSPLU accepts only FULLDATE format--but with the > leading zeroes filled in. On FILELIST file lines, it's impossible to > enter because of the slashes. In commands built from LISTFILE > responses, the leading zeroes are missing. > > (And of course the new FIXDATE was designed as a drop-in replacement for > the old one, which didn't have the same syntax as DMSPLU.) > > ¬R > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
