The XMIT format allows for automatically creating the correct DCB information on restore.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2019 1:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:11:54 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >A zipped XMI file is awkward, but it's the most robust. > zip utilities have internal validity checks, so I don't see that a zipped XMI file is more robust than a zipped txt, html, or pdf. >...Besides, he' providing a valuable service and we should be grateful >regardless of the format. > Agreed. And I'd place more weight on respecting the author's wish than on quibbling about "Fair Use". --gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
