Yes, ISPF stats are too easily manipulated to be reliable. I regard them as a convenience and would not try to use them for serious source control purposes.
On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 12:31 Paul Gilmartin < 0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:26:38 -0400, Don Leahy wrote: > > >It was also aware of ISPF stats, so on a WS to host xfer it could compare > >dates and only transfer changed files. > > > But beware. Timestamps at both ends may be under user control. > I have scripts that deliberately change timestamps of some files > to match their content. > > If I migrate and recall a PDSE with HSM, the original FAMS > timestamps are preserved. > If I unload and reload that PDSE with IEBCOPY, those timestamps > are changed to the time of the reload. > > And z/OS, Windows, and UNIX have different timezone conventions. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
