> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Eisenberg > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:42 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: TIOT filling up: too many dynamic concatenations > > > >Yes, it is a bit more difficult to program, but it is > "infinitely" scalable.< > > Of course, you are correct. I took this approach because I > have inherited a > pre-existing application that used to read a single mainframe > dataset. It's only > recently that the capability to read multiple files via NFS > was made necessary. > > My approach worked very nicely until very recently. If I have > to modify the > application to work the way you've suggested, then of course, I will. > > David
Ah. That makes sense. I hate changing code. Hum, you could use the UNIX "cat" program to catenate all the files together into a single file somewhere, then read that. In a shell script, I'd do something like: #!/bin/sh cd /nfs/directory/to/scan cat * >~/all.files process ~/all.files You didn't say what language you are writing in. But you can dynamically invoke the /bin/cat program from almost anything via the BPXWUNIX subroutine. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
