I’ve had a need from an application for processing files in a GDG in FIFO order. Way back when an application came to me with the requirement. He was receiving “N” number of File Transfers over night and needed to process them the next day in FIFO order.
I took some existing code I found on the CBT Tape and customized for my customer's needs. It has the ability to specify if you want 1-N of them or ALL. Additionally I create a file which can be used to DELETE the GDG(s) processed. I made it so it is completely explained, documented within the code and easy to read. It is in Assembler which should not scare you. In general whenever I was given a requirement I always believed someone else already encountered it, solved the problem and all I needed to do was to find the solution. The first place I would always look on the CBT Tape at WWW.CBTTAPE.ORG maintained by Sam Golob. He does a great job ensuring things are documented and easy to find. There is literally hundreds of thousands of lines of code in the hundreds of files. There is an index of them all which is easy to read. If anyone wants the code, send me an e-mail at my address. Jim Marshall, USAF-Ret, US Govt-OPM-Ret marshall-ja...@comcast.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
