Hello List, The past day I have tried to get the new version of SWAPGEN into my VM bu t no success so far. I have tried every way I can do a filetransfer but every time I end up in a file I can't use on VM. Can anyone send me the
VMARC-ed version of the current SWAPGEN so I can continue? I do have the old version here but there seemds to be a problem with my VDISK swap so I'd like to try the newer version. (TIA) BTW, when I look at the mailable I see the filelist of the included files . The RXDASD MODULE in mailable archive looks like to be from 3/15/04. I to o have a RXDASD but that one is dated 18/11/95 and that is also the one fro m the IBM VM downloads. Is this RXDASD a different version or are they the same? I've looked into the comments made here in June, and I have to agree with the comments Adam made (to go back to the VMARC format). IIRC, VMARC was recommended to use because of the fact that ASCII to EBCDIC translations vary among the various file tranfer methods. (Either FTP or IND$.) So by replacing VMARC with MAILABLE to avoid the need for some extra tool and/o r to overcome less than default record formats, the transfer now relies on the fact of how your method of transferring files will handle ASCII to EBCDIC translation. IMHO this is much harder to solve than a faulty recordformat because the file itself will be altered by the transfer. At least with VMARC or CMS packed I know what recordformat it should be (either Fixed 80 or 1024) and can FBLOCK it after transfer. And because these files must be transferred in binary the file itself should not change by the transferprocess. Regards, Berry.
