If the file is on DASD or TAPE and I knew the layout of the file, I would use SAS or REXX to filter through and collect the stuff I want. I do this all the time with SYSLOG which does not look much different than the DCB provided below.
Or probably could use DFSORT. COBOL could read the report the same way REXX or SAS would. Just need to know where the bits are in it that needed to be collected. I would use a straight COBOL pgm to read a record, filter, write a record process. Nothing complicated. Or, is there something I am missing here. This looks like straight SAM processing. Nothing special about this file, is there? Lizette > >What would be the cleanest way to have a CoBOL program read a report >file > >// DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=133,DSORG=PS) > > > >Would you copy it first, changing its format? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
