The XMIT format allows for automatically creating the correct DCB information 
on restore.


--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3


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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

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