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)
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