When I first started getting electronic PTFs (VMFPLCD stuff) that needed
DETERSEing, I DETERSEd a few and then COPYFILE (PACKed them. The original

TERSEd files were smaller, insignificant when dealing with a couple of
blocks for a CMS file, but I think it would be significant for even a
3390-m3 and even more for the 3390-m9's that I have to deal with. 
 
I am not sure if PACK or even TERSE in a pipeline is appropriate. PACK is
 a
compatibility feature (PACK option to COPYFILE has been there since I
started in June 1976). TERSE may also be a file-level compression that
restructures all of the data into a new format (please no flames but if I
 am
wrong here, a correction would be appreciated since I don't have TERSE to

test with). What PIPELINES needs (and this has been mentioned on the
CMSPIP-L) is a record by record compression stage or two or three dependi
ng
on data content.

/Tom Kern
/301-903-2211

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:39:52 -0500, Huegel, Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr
ote:
>Well maybe if I could get PIPEDDR to work to the remote IP (my network g
uys
>and I disagree a bit here, my problem not yours) then maybe I'd shutup a
bout
>TERSE. I have a need to do exacatly what you mentioned 'transfer complet
e
>3390s from one data centre to another'. A rare but PITA occurance. I was

>under the, maybe false, impresion that TERSE would do a better job of
>compression than PACK. It might simply be a 'the grass is greener' syndr
om.
>I'll probably be happy once I can get it working...
>My thanks to the author for writing it and placing it on the download
>page...
>You wouldn't be willing to share your READER/URO mods would you? please
>please..
>

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