:-) I only recently noticed it, probably after Kris pointed it out (my Linux friends groan when I refer to 1983 as 'recently')
But obviously knowing the "pick" stage is much more useful than remember this particular option for one CMS command. Once you know "pick" and "dateconvert" you can also find any EXEC's written on a Monday ;-) Or in the weekend... On 27 June 2014 17:03, Ivica Brodaric <[email protected]> wrote: > Huh? Beaten by seconds! And didn't even think of AFTER... I feel eliminated > like Croatia form the World Cup... And we didn't even play with the Dutch > masters :-) > > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Gentry, Steve < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, uhm, AFTER would be cheating (and will work in this case, thanks.) > > What happened to "work harder not smarter" (from a Dilbert cartoon). > > . . . and . . . > > Brute force and awkwardness (college professor). > > Sincerely, thanks, > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List [mailto: > [email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij > > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:44 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: need a SPECS guru > > > > You seem to be looking for PICK - eg pick w8 >> ,20140225, > > > > The classic approach would be to inject a dummy record in the stream, > sort > > on date, and ignore all records before the dummy. > > > > PS It would be cheating to remind you of the AFTER option on LISTFILE ;-) > > > > > > On 27 June 2014 16:14, Gentry, Steve < > [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > In a CMS environment, I have a list of files, created by LISTFILE. > > > The format of the file_type, in this list, will be DATE('S') yyyymmdd > > > I want to take a predetermined date, already in DATE('S') format, and > > > compare it to the above mentioned file_type. If the file type date is > > > less than or equal to the predetermined date I want to ignore it. Or > > > if the file type date is greater than the predetermined date, I want to > > pass it on > > > to the next stage. I was hoping for a PIPE stage that would do this > > type > > > of logical compare but I didn't find one, or at least one with an > > > obvious name/function. If there is a stage, please let me know. > > > However, if there isn't a stage to do this, I think I'll have to do > this > > with a SPEC stage. > > > While I've gotten better at writing pipe code, the SPEC stage is > > > still a challenge for me and hence the need for a SPECS guru. > > > Could someone help with this SPECs stage? > > > Thanks, > > > Steve > > > > > >
