It looks like VMARC is more officially supported than is the Pipelines library. There is a link for downloading it on the main Packages page; you get it directly from IBM. Does that remove any of the stigma?
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Distributing a collection of files via Internet > > My VM expertise is stale, and this is the only VM list I read, So: > > What is the current vogue for distributing a collection of > files via Internet. What alternatives, and their pros and cons? > > o At present, we make available VMFPLCD archives flattened with > COPYFILE PACK. > - Con: slightly cumbersome. Customer can use PIPE to undo > the PACK; is there a VMFPLCD pipeline stage? > > o VMARC: widely used, but requires customer to download and > install an unsupported VMARC. Customers may balk at this. > In fact, our own sysprog will install neither VMARC nor the > current Pipelines library distribution for general use (I > have both privately). > > o VMARC self-extracting archive: > - Is there any legal liability if it damages the customer's > system? > - Is support available? I'd consider it adequate to have the > source code. I have the VMARC source, circa 1994 (I said > "stale"). Is there a newer available? Where? > > o AWSTAPE: > - Supported by Pipelines. > - Cumbersome -- requires customer to create a tape interstage. > Rumor has it that some shops no longer even have tapes. > > o We have a home-brew archive format that we've long used to > move files between VM and MVS. It's JES-friendly, which > mattered at one time. It would be easy enough to roll this > into a Rexx-based self-extracting format. > > o Other: (specify) > > TIA for any suggestions, > gil >
