I think IBM has a problem with making something free that used to be charged. Not sure exactly what the problem is; perhaps a fear that those who paid years ago will want their money back. It is solvable by creating a new free offering that is a lot like, but not exactly the same as, the former paid offering, but that is an additional internal hurdle to be overcome.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2019 9:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Looking for a utility to create a master listing of all PDS members on a system W dniu 2019-12-11 o 17:01, Paul Gilmartin pisze: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:40:33 -0500, Don Leahy wrote: > >> I have a rexx program that reads in a list of data set names and / or masks >> and creates a “master” member list consisting of all of the PDS/E members >> found in the data sets. The output is a file containing the member name, >> the DSN, last update date (from ISPF stats, if available) and the number of >> lines in the member. >> > Grrr... > FAMS keeps timestamps for PDSE members with microsecond precision. > The interface spec is available for a price, perhaps NDA. > > It boggles the mind that a vendor would keep customers' file timestamps > secret. It's both: funny and annoying. PDSE is almost 40 years old, AFAIK and many features of it is still secret, not in use, etc. Note, it's not discussion about source code, it is about really basic features. I can't imagine any reason to keep it secret. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ====================================================================== Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej wiadomości: - powiadom nas o tym w mailu zwrotnym (dziękujemy!), - usuń trwale tę wiadomość (i wszystkie kopie, które wydrukowałeś lub zapisałeś na dysku). Wiadomość ta może zawierać chronione prawem informacje, które może wykorzystać tylko adresat.Przypominamy, że każdy, kto rozpowszechnia (kopiuje, rozprowadza) tę wiadomość lub podejmuje podobne działania, narusza prawo i może podlegać karze. mBank S.A. z siedzibą w Warszawie, ul. Senatorska 18, 00-950 Warszawa,www.mBank.pl, e-mail: [email protected]. Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego, KRS 0000025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Kapitał zakładowy (opłacony w całości) według stanu na 01.01.2019 r. wynosi 169.347.928 złotych. If you are not the addressee of this message: - let us know by replying to this e-mail (thank you!), - delete this message permanently (including all the copies which you have printed out or saved). This message may contain legally protected information, which may be used exclusively by the addressee.Please be reminded that anyone who disseminates (copies, distributes) this message or takes any similar action, violates the law and may be penalised. mBank S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Senatorska 18, 00-950 Warszawa,www.mBank.pl, e-mail: [email protected]. District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw, 12th Commercial Division of the National Court Register, KRS 0000025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Fully paid-up share capital amounting to PLN 169.347.928 as at 1 January 2019. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
