In a recent note, Jay Maynard said: > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:04:49 -0600 > > On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 10:42:33AM -0600, Bill Godfrey wrote: > > I don't know of any supported "terse" programs for the PC. > > Is the terse algorithm documented anywhere? > It's more than a mere algorithm in the conventional sense. TERSE also bundles sufficient metadata to reconstruct a CKD data set or a PDS(E?) when it's un-TERSEd. (Does it do VSAM, too? Ironically it doesn't do HFS; not even for its archive files, which are flat.) Anyone hoping to offload his TERSE operations to a desktop system must have a scheme for transferring those metadata (as basic as block boundaries) between the mainframe and the desktop system.
Another point: For the variety of uses to which IBM puts TERSE (e.g. uploading problem substantiation to "testcase"; binary files on service.software.ibm.com) it's irresponsible not to make TERSE a supported base OS component. And HFS support is needed. I once had a problem with Binder's handling of HFS files. Binder support requested substantiation, TERSEd, I tar'red the directory; TERSEd the tar archive and uploaded it to "testcase". They dealt with it; I wonder how many experts they needed to bring in. (Is "metadata" plural? Is "metadatum" the singular?) -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
