In <1784726748839781.wa.paulgboulderaim....@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/23/2015 at 03:51 PM, Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said:
>I heartily agree. Mr. Natural sez, >"Use the right tool for the job." The shell is not the right tool. >One suggestion used LISTDS, DFSORT, and IDCAMS. >I was aghast at its complexity. And yet you're doing essentially the same thing. Even if your IDCAMS is backlevel, you can do a fast delete all with PDS from the CBT tape, as was discussed here. >I was aghast at its complexity. Here's a simpler alternative I'm aghast at its complexity. There are cases where the shell might be the right tool; this is not one. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN