| foodman123@gmail.com 2005-03-31, 3:55 pm |
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>Gosh... I guess that means that unreal COBOL programmers realise that
>system utilities can take care of such tasks if they are correctly
>manipulated.
No, it just means that they don't know any better.
No system utility could possibly exceed the utility of a COBOL
program written specifically to back up the files within an
application and which was an integral part of the application
and which would be operated in exactly the same manner
as the other programs in the system.
The File Managers in my systems create sequential files from ISAM
files. When a file is restored, it is recreated. Not backing up the
IDX obviously saves time and space. No system utility could do that.
A File Maintenance program should ideally provide
the means for the user to backup and restore the files which the
program
maintains. This is in addition to a File Manager which provides for ALL
files in the system.
If you wish to satisfy your ego by having "*my* wheel" that is another
matter, but serving your ego does not serve the user and is, in the
long run, a disservice to him.
Thank you
Tony Dilworth
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