It has used GETFILES from the very early days. I may have to abandon it and add some logic if it doesn't specify OLDDATEREF by default. Of course, this assumes that updating the reference date when one only looks at the files is bad. One could take the position that the user was really referencing the file. I suspect if one would use any other program, BROWSE, SHOW, XEDIT, etc., to view a file, the last reference date would be updated. What is the harm in updating the reference date when one peruses a file to see if it contains specific data strings?
Since the search facility is heavily used and nobody has complained in over 20 years, I will have to add this to a long list of things to think about and, perhaps, do. Richard ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Kris Buelens Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:26 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Find command Richard, as you are using Pipelines as search engine, I hope you use the OLDDATEREF parameter on the <SFS stage. This way a search will not influence the Last Reference date SFS carefully maintains. I changed my LOOK package when we found SFS directories with last ref date of almost all files set to a specific date. We also created a PIEK EXEC that avoids changing the SFS last ref date (PIEK in Dutch it is pronounced the same as PEEK in English). (my LOOK package is *not* on the download lib, but I have the similar well known secrets) 2009/7/21 Schuh, Richard <rsc...@visa.com<mailto:rsc...@visa.com>> If it is a single file that we are interested in, do not forget the ALL command in XEDIT. ALL /banana/ will limit the display to only those records containing the string "banana". If we are just talking about searching a set of files for a set of strings, I have been using a search facility for a couple of decades. The search is Pipelines based, allows for simple Boolean expressions (AND, OR and NOT operators, no parentheses), multiple arguments, per argument or global specification of columns or case (respect or ignore), etc. If there are any hits, an XEDIT session is entered for viewing the results. If you want to edit one of the files in the results display, placing the cursor on one of its lines and pressing PF11 xedits the file and positions it so that the line where the cursor was becomes the current line. The files to search and the search arguments can be specified on the command line or in files. The arguments may also be entered interactively. When entering arguments via file, the only constraint is virtual memory; each argument causes an addpipe. It is pretty darn fast. <whisper on> It's a secret - don't tell anybody. I have been known to send the package to others who have expressed interest. <whisper off> Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>] On Behalf Of > Dave Wade > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:32 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > Subject: Re: Find command > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>] > > On Behalf Of P S > > Sent: 21 July 2009 14:24 > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU<mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > Subject: Re: Find command > > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Bob > Woodside<rwoodsi...@woodsway.com<mailto:rwoodsi...@woodsway.com>> > > wrote: > > > On Tuesday 21 July 2009, Philip Hitti wrote: > > >> Is there any command to find a word in the midle of the > vm file and > > >> continue seaching until the end of the text as TSO. > > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by "as TSO", but IIRC there > is a grep > > > command under z/VM. Also, I thought the SuperCE tool was > available > > > under z/VM also. Or are you talking about finding a > string in XEDIT? > > > > There's no standard grep on VM. There are several floating around, > > though. SuperCE is available but isn't free, unless that's changed. > > There is a SCANCMS here > > http://zvm.sru.edu/~DOWNLOAD/<http://zvm.sru.edu/%7EDOWNLOAD/> > > but is says it needs "370accom on" so it may need tweaks for zVM... > > Dave > G4UGM > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
