You might also consider in some cases offloading the processing to an IFL or other Linux processor. Our free Co:Z toolkit makes this simple to do, and in the case of an IFL you can use clear-channel hipersockets.
Here's an example: // EXEC PROC=COZPROC, // ARGS='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' //STDIN DD * # this script runs on the linux box fromdsn //DD:INPUT | my-sed-awk-filter.sh | todsn //DD:OUTPUT /* //INPUT DD ... //OUTPUT DD ... // Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

