> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Poitras > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 9:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ways to update PS files?
<snip> > > If you can specify the RECFM of the dataset, then PS files are easy to > update and very fast. C programmers are used to using fseek, ftell and > so forth. I'm not sure if they consider themselves "average", but I > doubt they look on themselves as rocket scientists. > <snip> > -- > Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Hum, I keep forgetting that C programmers are becoming more prevalent on z/OS. I was thinking of COBOL programmers. COBOL still doesn't have a way to do the equivalent of ftell and fseek. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
