Lizette Koehler wrote on 10/12/2006 10:57:25 AM: > I was going to use TRSMAIN to pack some SMF Data from TAPE data set > to dasd for FTP process. However the documentation for TRSMAIN > states it cannot use tape. > > I do not understand why this is the case. What is special about > TRSMAIN and tape processing. I would have thought it would just be > simple BSAM writes of compacted data..... Can anyone shed some > light on why tape is not handled by TRSMAIN?????
TRSMAIN tries to include a size of the target data set so that its UNPACK processing can do its job. That's feasible if it depends on format 1 and 3 DSCBs for the input data set. Tape input is harder to handle with the same goal in mind. Bob Wright - MVS Service Aids ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
