Hi, Jim. Roger Deschner was a well known and respected VM systems programmer at the University of Chicago in the 90s......not sure where he is theses day, thou. If the code has his name on it, I would almost be positive that it wasn't something IUO from IBM.
Happy Holidays, too. DJ On 12/16/2010 11:57 AM, Jim Bohnsack wrote: > I've got a HEXSORT XEDIT and HELPXEDI that I thought came from the IBM > Download page but I can't find it there. Not sure where I got it. I > don't think it's a leftover from an IBM internal site. Here's the > comments at the beginning of it. > > /* HEXSORT XEDIT: > Same as XEDIT SORT, but sorts hexadecimal data correctly. > > LIMITATION: Unlike XEDIT SORT, there is a limit of 10 fields. > > MODIFICATION HISTORY: > 09/02/97 - Roger Deschner - Pad to LRECL when RECFM F > 07/29/97 - Roger Deschner - Accommodate backwards targets > 07/26/97 - Roger Deschner - Original version. > This technique is from PIPE AHELP SORT, by John Hartman, reprinted in > "Plunging Into Pipes" by Melinda Varian. > */ > > Jim > > On 12/16/2010 11:10 AM, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote: >> I simply do: >> >> PIPE | LITERAL D12B 127B B729 1111 | SPLIT | SPEC 1.4 X2C 2 1.4 3 | SORT >> | SPEC 3-* 1 | CONSOLE >> 1111 >> >> 127B >> >> B729 >> >> D12B >> >> Ready; >> >> =20 >> Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. > -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544
