Dear Folks,
I would like to advertise a great improvement that Greg Price has
put into the REVIEW (free file browser) TSO command.
REVIEW can now automatically expand XMIT-format files and show you
(immediately, without needing to do a RECEIVE) what is in them. You can
see all the members in clear text (if source) and you can see all the
executable load modules (if it is a load library). This is a great time
saver. No RECEIVE is necessary. Just REVIEW the XMIT-format file, and
you can see the expansion (as a copy) in all its glory. REVIEW is also
good for sequential files that are in XMIT format, and not necessarily
FB-80.
REVIEW is a free program on the CBT Tape collection
(www.cbttape.org). REVIEW source is on CBT File 134, and all the load
modules are in File 135, so to install REVIEW, you just have to go to
CBT File 135 and copy all the REV**** members together with their
aliases. REVIEW doesn't change any data, when it is in "browse mode".
It is just a very powerful way to LOOK AT data. (REVIEW does have a way
to update data. If you type UPDATE on the command line, you will get
into an ISPF-like file editor, that runs in TSO READY mode with or
without ISPF (so you can easily fix ISPF if it doesn't come up).
I hope this will be very helpful to people. REVIEW in many ways is
better than ISPF BROWSE. For example, if you have a keyed sequential
dataset, such as SYS1.BRODCAST, REVIEW will show you the whole
thing--the one-byte key and the 129 bytes of data. ISPF BROWSE on the
other hand, will only show you the first 129 bytes, and will leave off
the last data byte, so you can't see it. This could be very crucial
when dealing with such a dataset. It is very helpful to have REVIEW in
your arsenal of tools. NOT APF-authorized.....!!!! Install it and keep
it around. Also look at RFE (REVIEW Front End).
Be well. All the best of everything to everybody.
Sincerely, Sam
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