On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:38:10 -0600, Kirk Wolf wrote: >You can also use the "fromdsn" shell command, which is part of our free >"Dataset Pipes" product. >There are *many* advantages over readmvs, including the ability to allocate >the dataset with DISP=SHR. > >See: >http://dovetail.com/docs/dspipes/man/fromdsn.html > >Regards, >Kirk Wolf >Dovetailed Technologies > >On Dec 18, 2007 8:10 AM, Mark Zelden wrote: > >> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:43:58 -0500, John S. Giltner, Jr. >> wrote: >> > >> >@records = '/usr/local/bin/readmvs "//MVS.FILE.NAME"' >> >foreach $line (@records) { >> >} >> > Can this solution be adapted for a data set too large to fit in main memory?
>> readmvs and writemvs are not part of the IBM Ported Tools for z/OS >> (Perl for z/OS). They _are_ free tools available on the z/OS UNIX Tools >> and Toys download page / web site. >> >> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1ty2.html >> Does this work of the data set contains binary data? Perl is supposed to be good at handling such arbitrary data; I understand it treats NUL, e.g. as an ordinary character. I looked at the dovetail web site lately. Dspipes supports conventions for handling binary data. Interfacing to perl would likely require some plumbing. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
