Since the Support Center now accepts VMARC packed files, is there really any reason to demand TERSE? Will TERSE results be smaller? I doubt it. The reason for my doubt is that I have VMARC packed a large (1.5G) TPF dump and found that it was exactly the same size as it was when processed by a proprietary routine created by a person whose doctoral dissertation was about data compaction.
I suspect that everyone on this list has VMARC. If not, it is easily obtainable, and the price is right. Of course, you may have other reasons for wanting TERSE. If so, you can ignore the above and continue complaining or wishing, whichever fits. Regards, Richard Schuh -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:29 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: PIPEDDR For some reason, IBM doesn't want to make TERSE available to VM customers. You used to be able to order a package on IBMLINK called QSEN= D that was supposed to be used to pack VM dumps before sending them to the = support center, (back in the days when that was a frequent event :-)> ). = QSEND is basically TERSE shipped as QSEND MODULE instead of TERSE MODULE.= I say it is/was basically the same as TERSE, except that the DETERSE MODULE for VM could not DETERSE a file created with QSEND, (IBM wanted it= to be a one way thing). I found out that the output created by QSEND was= different from TERSE by only one byte! (The first byte.) I figured out = how to ZAP DETERSE so that it would work with QSEND files as well as TERSEd files. I don't know if you can still order QSEND for VM on IBMLIN= K or not, (it is not a PTF, you had to order it as a package called QSEND).= Dale R. Smith Persona Non Grata
