"Bruce Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Steve Comstock wrote: > > > Maybe > > I'm way wrong here, it just seemed that > > using TMP was overkill for the task at > > hand. > > > It is probably overkill, but it does insure that the IDCAMS ALLOCATE is > 100% compatible with the TSO ALLOCATE, since it is the same command. > Anything else would require dual maintenance every time there is a > change. Actually, that may still be true, depending on how much parsing > of the command IDCAMS does.
As soon as we recognize ALLOCATE (or ALLOC) we quit, set it up, and pass it to TMP. Thanks, Mark Thomen Catalog/IDCAMS/VSAM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

