iirc the stats are an ISPF feature. No ISPF: no stats, QED. But what's the issue with ispf? Its just a few more libraries in the concatenation.
i ------ Original Message ------ Received: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:03:13 PM BST From: Itschak Mugzach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Statistics when writing PDS members > It Runs under ISPF... No ISPF. No TSO is the basic requirement. > > 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 Ian S. Worthington > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:32 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Statistics when writing PDS members > > 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 > > > __________ 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
