On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 15:45:50 +0300, ITschak Mugzach wrote:

>I think this issue was discussed here in the past, but I can't find it.
>Anyway, I am trying to figure out what is a better fit for a generic mask.
>Assume I have SYS1.PARMLIB.OLD and I am looking into two strings:
>SYS1.PARM** and SYS1.PARM*.OLD
>Is there a way to identify which is better covers SYS1.PARMLIB.OLD (the
>second one, of course)( using Rexx?
>
Do you need to enumerate the generic or have you a list?

Do you wish to compare pairwise:
    SYS1.PARM01 and SYS1.PARM01.OLD
    SYS1.PARM02 and SYS1.PARM*02.OLD
etc.?

Rexx has no compare intrinsic.  Can you address LINKMVS IISRSUPC?
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=search-examples>

-- 
gil

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