> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Packer > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:30 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: replacing SAS for SMF reports? > > Perl got mentioned. I suspect the problem - if there IS a > problem - is > going to be VBS records. But then I don't know Perl.
Can Perl read z/OS datasets? Or only UNIX files? If the latter, then you'd need to either copy the SMF data to a UNIX file, or maybe use Dovetail's "fromdsn" to pipe the dataset contents to the Perl script. In either case, Perl is only going to see a stream of bytes. Which could be a problem unless that stream includes the RDW (which fromdsn can do) so that Perl will know how long each record is. I don't know if it is possible to "reconstruct" SMF records into individual records if the RDW is missing. I would also be a bit concerned with easy use of SMF/RMF timestamps. That is the main reason that I love SAS for SMF/RMF processing. > > I have a side interest in "seeing modern stuff demonstrated > on z/OS" and a > German colleague whose whole "day job" appears to be the > same. Maybe I > should work with HIM to demo Perl going against SMF. Note: > Perl would have > to cope well with things like triplets. I think Perl could do this using the "substr" function, along with the "unpack" function. That's what I do in REXX. > > Any other languages need to be demo'ed against SMF? Or > similar truculent > data? :-) I did some work using Java, but a combination of lack of time and a decrease in interest (it is difficult!) put the kabosh on that project. > > Martin > > Martin Packer -- 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
