On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:30:34 -0400, Warner Mach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dear List: > . >We have a vendor program that produces various records at a fixed >blksize. It is necessary >to reformat these blocks into smaller recsize/blksize. We do this with a >long set of >IEBGENER jobs. > . >It would appear that 'MVS Batchpipes' would allow us to do these >operations without having >to write out the intermediate records that are read by IEBGENER ... I > Would POSIX pipes be an alternative? Comes with z/OS at no added cost. IDCAMS REPRO is pretty good at copying between data sets with unlike attributes. How profound is the reformatting that requires a "long set" of IEBGENER jobs? Would a Rexx filter be an alternative? -- 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
