Is there no way of calling LMMSTATS from C++? i
------ Original Message ------ Received: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:21:55 PM BST From: Itschak Mugzach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Statistics when writing PDS members > Kirk, > > I don't know an interface, but you can open the PDS as a sequential file and > read the directory until you get ZZ (if I remember correctly). Don't know > what will happen if you'll try to write it back..., but I presume that if it > conforms to the PDS directory format, it will be OK. > > Itschak > > > | Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software | > | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Mob: +972 522 986404 | Skype: Itschak > Mugzach | Web: www.Securiteam.co.il | > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Kirk Wolf > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:14 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Statistics when writing PDS members > > I'm working on some code written in C++ (with some assembler) that does I/O > to Unix files and z/OS datasets using the C library. > The C library supports writing PDS members, but it doesn't supporting adding > ISPF-style member statistics. > > I'm looking for suggestions on how to create statistics for a member that I > add or update. Of course, I could rewrite all of the PDS I/O in assembler, > but I'd rather not. It would be nice if there were a callable service that > would just update the directory and add statistics, with the restriction > that my code really can't require a > TSO TMP or ISPF environment. Also, I assume that updating a member > with statistics is expensive since it would probably have to rewrite the > whole directory to expand the directory entry length. > > On a related question, I know that it is customary when adding or updating > PDS members for code to allocate the dataset with DISP=SHR and then to use > the ISPF ENQ protocols for serializing the directory > and member names. Our plan is to allow this method, or to allow > DISP=OLD allocation of the dataset. My question is this: which > technique should be the default? > > Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. > > Kirk Wolf > Dovetailed Technologies > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > __________ NOD32 3280 (20080718) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
