On Mon, 8 May 2006 16:58:32 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <shmuel+ibm- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 05/07/2006 > at 10:33 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>Having attempted this sort of tailoring variously in Rexx, POSIX >>shell from a here-document, and sed, I find Rexx is uniformly hardest >>to use; POSIX shell is best for simple operations > >De gustibus non disputandem est. I find REXX easies to use for simple >applications, use Perl for more complicated cases and would be most >uncharitable to anyone who tried to convince me to use the POSIX >shell. Of course, a tool like ISPF File Tailoring makes it easier >regardless of the language used. >... My original take on Paul's comment was that I doubt I'm going to be fluent in Unix-based tools before I retire so will never know if he's right. Then (after Googling the Latin) I decided a spin on Shmuel's comment decided it for me. De gustibus non disputandem est ... and it doesn't matter. Pick whatever tool you are confortable with that gets the job done. I've been away from SPF diaglogs for to long do File Tailoring (Although I used to be reasonably good at it) and don't have a chance using Unix utilities. I'd probably start with REXX. If it worked with little difficulty, fine. Otherwise, I'd move over to NetView (even though this has nothing to do with traditional NetView functions) and whip out a solution using NetView Pipes. Would I expect anyone else to go that route? No. But so what? (Unless it's an ongoing process that someone else would have to maintain after I've been hit by a truck.) Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
