In a recent note, Steve Comstock said: > Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:31:17 -0600 > > Well I was surprised to learn that IDCAMS > invoked TMP; just never thought about it > doing that; so I wondered if there were > other similar surprises out there. Maybe > I'm way wrong here, it just seemed that > using TMP was overkill for the task at > hand. > BPXWDYN would be a more modern, lower overhead alternative, *except* for Mark's concerns: it's lexically idiosyncratic (not compatible with ALLOCATE; only close), and it lacks many keywords of ALLOCATE.
There oughta be a Requirement ... -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

