James, Thanks. I even think that I have that manual at home. Now, to find it under the piles of "stuff" <grin>. This is one of the problems with being a 50 yr old never-married who lives alone. <VBG> I have done some M4 stuff with the sendmail configuration. You're right - it's weird.
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: James Tison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Something akin to ISPF's skeletons? > > > John, > > One of the most bizarre things I could ask of an MVS transplant > is to look over autoconf, but it does more or less all of the > things you want to do. It requires a skill known as writing > m4 macros, which isn't _completely_ bizarre, but it will probably > look like Greek to you on your first pass. > > autoconf was designed to output all those "configure" scripts you > must have seen all over the place ... it builds them from a "template" > (what you're referring to as a 'skeleton'). You can literally build > anything from autoconf templates. > > Regards, > --Jim-- > James S. Tison > Senior Software Engineer > TPF Laboratory / Architecture > IBM Corporation > "A bird in hand is safer than one overhead."
