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priya173

Hi,

We do not have a any version control tool in our project. So we are planning to write a REXX code which will do it for us.

Could anyone please help me in writing the same.
i need to know if there is any REXX/(any other code) which will we able to kepp monitoring a datset and write to a logfile whenever it is edited/renamed/created.

Thanks and Regards,
Subha
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kolusu · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:13 am Post subject:

priya173,

Why not run SUPERC at the end of the day which compares the datasets?

Kolusu
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priya173 · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:17 am Post subject: superc might not work properly

as many people might change the same member on a particular day.
ours is a data migration project so lots of changes ona single day. and since client also does the changes we wont be able to properly track it with a superc.

we would also want to get the id of the person who last edited the datset.
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semigeezer · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:03 am Post subject:

The only way to do that is to post process SMF records and even that is unlikely to be too useful. If you can guarantee that all users will use the same tools there are 2 ways that come to mind for this...

Write your own interface to the editor and have it log entries before or after a member is edited or
Use a site wide edit macro (see the ISPF documentation for the ISPCCONF command) and have it log every relevant edit session. In fact, you can use that macro to override the END, SAVE, CREATE and REPLACE commands in the editor to log those too. This will not help in cases where people use other tools to alter files though (IEBGENER, FILEAID, REPRO, etc), and overriding commands won't work in cases where people use the BUILTIN command or have their own macros that override these commands (not likely, but possible) ,hence my comment that everyone must use the ISPF editor for their updates.

Change control and configuration management systems like SCLM (which, if you have ISPF, you also have and should probably be using!!) use these edit techniques regularly.

priya173 · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:08 am Post subject:

Could you please elaborate on creating a site wide edit macro. I tried looking for ISPCCONF but didnt get any very good ones Kindly help me out.
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semigeezer · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:37 am Post subject:

See the ISPF Installation and customization guide