> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:01 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: SORT question > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > Shane Ginnane [ibm-m...@tpg.com.au] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:28 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: SORT question > > On Thu, Sep 30th, 2010 at 12:15 AM, "McKown, John" wrote: > > > Of course COBOL would be fairly simple and much more efficient. > > >How about awk ?. > > >Shane ... > > Hum, can awk read legacy datasets? If so, then sure, go for it. Or use > "cp".
As of the last time I tested it (several years ago now), IBM's awk does indeed read legacy datasets with no problems whatsoever. Just use the usual //'DD:ddname' or your choice of legacy filespec and it works like a charm. IIRC, the restriction against legacy datasets is only for programs that do not use "fopen" for their files. As of the last time I tested it awk apparently does use "fopen". HTH Peter -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
