The XMIT format allows for automatically creating the correct DCB information on restore.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2019 1:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:11:54 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >A zipped XMI file is awkward, but it's the most robust. > zip utilities have internal validity checks, so I don't see that a zipped XMI file is more robust than a zipped txt, html, or pdf. >...Besides, he' providing a valuable service and we should be grateful >regardless of the format. > Agreed. And I'd place more weight on respecting the author's wish than on quibbling about "Fair Use". --gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
