> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 01:18 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/VM 5.3 FLIST > > On my z/VM 5.3 system I have 9 characters. But this issue with large > disks threatens to get out of hand. Apparently the word > isn't getting > around that it is time to start scaling these large numbers > on displays > unless specifically asked for details. 99.999% of the time, > I only care > about the relative scale of file sizes. Knowing a file has > 45K records is > just as good as knowing it has 44,727 records. I'm just > looking for the > big ones to throw away. > > Naturally LISTFILE shouldn't do the scaling, but FILELIST and FLIST > should. Sorting can still work by the unseen real number. > If one does a > Sort-by-Size operation, THEN the real number is shown and > some non-size > related field disappears. All assuming, of course, that my 90 column > screen can't accomodate the whole thing. (FLIST reverts to > 24x80 on my > 40x90 screen.) >
This is exactly the philosophy that CA's V/Seg-Plus uses to display user/system spool file lists ... Just as an example where some users may be able to see this in action! JR (Steven) Imler CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1 703 708 3479 Fax: +1 703 708 3267 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
