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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Skip Robinson
>
> Unless I missed something in the APAR text, I don't
> understand if this is merely a pumped up version of TRSMAIN.
> That is--assuming the kind of flat files we're accustomed
> to--are tersed files interchangeable between the two
> programs? TRSMAIN has been used for many years by ISVs in the
> same way IBM has used it. If I AMATERSE a file on my end, can
> it be UNPACKed by TRSMAIN on the other? And vice versa?
The gist of it is that, instead of a free, unsupported download of
TRSMAIN, the same utility is being made a part of the z/OS base, renamed
to AMATERSE, and given defect support via the normal z/OS support
channels. Support for PDSEs apparently has been added, as well.
-jc-
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