Re: Copying sequential files - BSAM and QSAM

2014-12-01 Thread Binyamin Dissen
You should up your buffers (and NCP). Two will be spending a lot of time waiting. Just remember that after a CHECK shows EOF, you should not expect a valid status from the pending reads. On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 12:20:08 -0500 Sam Golob wrote: :>Hi Folks, :> :> I was just involved in an exercis

Re: Copying sequential files - BSAM and QSAM

2014-11-28 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <5478aec8.8020...@cbttape.org>, on 11/28/2014 at 12:20 PM, Sam Golob said: >uses BSAM with double buffers I would expect QSAM with lots of buffers to outperform that, but it's not that hard to do BSAM with lots of buffers. >To avoid such problems, You might also want to add code to avoid

Re: Copying sequential files - BSAM and QSAM

2014-11-28 Thread Steve Thompson
On 11/28/2014 12:20 PM, Sam Golob wrote: Hi Folks, I was just involved in an exercise to improve an old file copying program from CBT Tape File 316. It is called FFYCOPY, and it was written in the mid-1970's by Frank Yates (courtesy of Jim Marshall). This program's "copy engine" uses BSAM

Re: Copying sequential files - BSAM and QSAM (UNCLASSIFIED)

2014-11-28 Thread Storr, Lon A CTR USARMY HRC (US)
sometimes gets overlooked as a viable alternative. Cheers, Alan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sam Golob Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 12:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Copying sequential files - BSAM an

Copying sequential files - BSAM and QSAM

2014-11-28 Thread Sam Golob
Hi Folks, I was just involved in an exercise to improve an old file copying program from CBT Tape File 316. It is called FFYCOPY, and it was written in the mid-1970's by Frank Yates (courtesy of Jim Marshall). This program's "copy engine" uses BSAM with double buffers, and for its time,