Hi Warner, How about using either DFSORT/ICETOOL or SYNCSORT/SYNCTOOL? Both have extensive data manipulation facilities and both are wicked fast compared to IEBGENER.
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sort/mvs/index.html http://www.syncsort.com Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." -----Original Message----- On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:30:34 -0400, Warner Mach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Dear List: > . >We have a vendor program that produces various records at a fixed >blksize. It is necessary to reformat these blocks into smaller >recsize/blksize. We do this with a long set of IEBGENER jobs. > . >It would appear that 'MVS Batchpipes' would allow us to do these >operations without having to write out the intermediate records that >are read by IEBGENER ... I > ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
