On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:21 AM, esmie moo < [email protected]> wrote:
> Gentle Readers, > i have a question about TEMP-EXP which appears on a LISTCAT of the HSM > BCDS. I did a REPRO to a test BCDS however when I run the LISTCAT of the > Prod version (so as to compare the TEST & PROD. allocations) it shows > TEMP-EXP in the ATTRIBUTES section of the DATA & INDEX components.According > to the the explanation of TEMP-EXP it says "The data component was > temporarily exported" > Is my assumption that the REPRO function is the same as EXPORT? Also, > should I be concerned that LISTCAT indicates that a TEMP-EXP had occurred? > I welcome all your thoughts. Thanks. > No. REPRO basically results in a physical sequential file which contains only data. That data is, generally, readable by, say, a COBOL program with the proper record description. In fact, it could use the same "copybook" as it would for the VSAM data set, assuming the VSAM data set is a KSDS, ESDS, or RRDS being read sequentially. OTOH, the output from an EXPORT would not be (easily) readable as if it were a PS data set because it contains VSAM "meta" information so that an IMPORT could recreate both the "schema" (i.e. do an IDCAMS DEFINE) and import the data. Basically, I use REPRO -- "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
