OK guys, you are pulling me kicking and screaming towards Unix and I must admit that there is a point in what you are saying. So I made a decision: 1. In the short term I am already geared towards working with PDS and classic z/OS environment. Also adding PDS functionality to PCREGREP is almost done , so the next release will still be in classic z/OS, PDS and all.
2. In the long term, I will review everything you have suggested and review the documentation carefully and in all likelihood, will follow your suggestions (to the dismay of Sam Golob.) Some note: >I just built pcre-8.33 and was impressed by how easy it was build. I ran >./configure --enable-ebcdic && make and it built clean straight off >the >bat. There are still some things that have to be done in the config header beyond ./configure --enable-ebcdic &&amp and obviously, my code has to be incorporated, including adjustments for COBOL/PLI usage, but I guess that your suggestions are still valid. Oh, and I started using OMVS and I must say that Unix without vi is great because I believe in the following adage: The world of text editor users is divided into three groups, those that believe that vi is God's gift to humanity, those that believe that vi is a bug, not a feature, and those that use ISPF :) ZA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
