On Aug 7, 2008, at 4:28 AM, Berry van Sleeuwen wrote:
Hello List,
The past day I have tried to get the new version of SWAPGEN into my
VM but
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)
It's unlikely to help....the recent changes are pretty minor.
Nevertheless, the VMARC of the new version is now available at:
http://download.sinenomine.net/swapgen/
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 too
have a RXDASD but that one is dated 18/11/95 and that is also the
one from
the IBM VM downloads. Is this RXDASD a different version or are they
the
same?
Probably the same. I just wasn't careful about preserving the
timestamp, but it just comes from the VM Downloads page.
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/or
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.
Also note that Leland Lucius has written "VMA", which is a portable
utility to do vmarc manipulation.
http://www.homerow.net/zvm/vma.htm
This is handy if, for instance, you just want to extract the docs from
a package and read them on the desktop system of your choice.
Adam
