On Tuesday 17 September 2002 08:45 am, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > I'd like to explore moving some OS/390 VSAM files to Linux on the 390. > > > > A web Search did not turn up much of any useful information. > > Paul, > > You should look at C-TREE from Faircloth... it's used by > a lot of people to implement VSAM-like functionality on > many platforms.
I think you mean FairCom, http://www.faircom.com/ . If you want to consider porting the code to C/C++, you could also think about the Berkeley DB code from Sleepycat, which is included with many Linux distributions or can be freely downloaded. C-TREE is very well regarded, as is Berkeley DB, and their functionality is similar in that they are both ISAM-type record managers rather than full relational databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL. I am not sure if it exists any more, but there used to be a product called Btrieve that fit into this niche. Btrieve was at one time a Novell offering but I think they've spun off again. Perhaps there is a Linux port. Btrieve was very lean and fast and was used as the ISAM support library for at least one commercial COBOL compiler for the PC. Scott -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott D. Courtney, Senior Engineer Sine Nomine Associates [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sinenomine.net/
