RE: Flat file comparision -- MIDRANGE-L

Good catch.

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Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 12:20 PM
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Subject: RE: Flat file comparision

And that the 187 matches the number of lines read from both files?

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From: Gary Thompson <gthompson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 07/22/2013 01:47 PM
Subject: RE: Flat file comparision
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Note that 187 lines "match"
Note that 0 lines are reported for each of the 7
possible types of change
(PAIRED+NONPAIRED,REFORMATTED,etc).

I hope this helps answer your question.

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [
mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of A Paul
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 11:38 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Flat file comparision

Thanks. I did CMPPFM , here is my *output into a file. Could you help me
how to read this file and send message if there are no differences btw
files.

File . . . . . . : COMPARE Library . . . . : ADMLIB
Member . . . . . : COMPARE Record . . . . . : 1 Control .
. . . . Column . . . . . : 1 Find . . . . . . .
*...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8....+....9....+....0....+....1....+....2....+....3
1 IBM COMPARE V6R1M0 080215
07/22/13 11:12 PAGE 1
NEW: ADMLIB/ADMFILE(ADMFILE) OLD:
ADMLIB/ADM.FILE(ADM.FILE)

LINE COMPARE SUMMARY AND
STATISTICS

NUMBER OF LINE
MATCHES...............................................: 187
TOTAL CHANGES (PAIRED+NONPAIRED
CHNG)................................: 0
REFORMATTED
LINES....................................................: 0
PAIRED CHANGES (REFM+PAIRED
INS/DEL).................................: 0
NEW FILE LINE
INSERTIONS.............................................: 0
NON-PAIRED
INSERTS...................................................: 0
OLD FILE LINE
DELETIONS..............................................: 0
NON-PAIRED
DELETIONS.................................................: 0
NEW FILE LINES
PROCESSED.............................................: 187
OLD FILE LINES
PROCESSED.............................................:
187

LISTING-TYPE = DIFF PHYSICAL-COMPARE-COLUMNS = 1:266 LONGEST
LINE = 266
PROCESSING OPTIONS SPECIFIED : NONE

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From: Mark S Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, 20 July 2013, 12:16
Subject: Re: Flat file comparision

CMPPFM does not look at "attributes" of the files, but just compares the
data in the physical file members.

Why not try this command, before ruling it out? =-O

On 7/20/2013 11:58 AM, A Paul wrote:
I believe CMPPFM display that two files are different(even if two files

are identical in terms of contents of the files) if it finds differences
in timestamp fields. My vendor sends a file everyday and it does not have
date in it, I am only looking to compare the content of the files and if
both are identical throw an alert. I don't think CMPPFM may work.