On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:36:52 -0300, Clark Morris wrote:
>
>I have processed SMF types 14/15, 30, 62 and 64 with COBOL.  I reading
>the VBS files you need RECORDING S on the FD.  The major pains are
>having to have separate FD (file descriptors) for VB and VBS, having
>to be indirect in dealing with bit fields and 1 byte binary and there
>being no mechanical way to get the SMF record descriptions.  Actually
>COBOL could be made more useful by having a tool that converts DSECTs
>to COBOL record descriptions thus opening up the ability to easily
>call various IBM routines.
> 
I wonder how much of this exists as PL/S, which might be a better place
to start because the type information is more evident.

(I did say "exists" rather than "is available".)

http://xkcd.com/1537/

-- gil

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