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Compare any
combination of:
Vsam KSDS dataset. Processed forwards or backwards.
Vsam ESDS dataset. Processed forwards or backwards.
Vsam RRDS dataset. Processed forwards or backwards.
Tape or Disk (Q)Sam fixed block, fixed record length file.
Tape or Disk (Q)Sam fixed record length file.
Tape or Disk (Q)Sam variable block, variable record length file.
Tape or Disk (Q)Sam variable record length file.
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All combinations
of block length and record length.
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Up to 8 concatenated
keys with a total length of up to 256 bytes.
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Discrete or
Overlapping keys.
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All keys can
be ascending or descending.
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Select any
of the following to be printed:
Added records.
Deleted records.
Equal records.
Not-equal, before and after records.
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Record selection
to include or exclude records.
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Record skipping
allows the first portion of a file to be skipped.
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Provides ability
to include/ignore portions of a record.
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End-of-File forcing prevents reading
all records in a file.
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Compare can
be ended based on threshold of unequal records.
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Print records
in:
Character format.
Hexadecimal format.
Character and hexadecimal format.
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All keys in
records are underlined by '_'.
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All differences
in records are underlined by '*'.
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End of job
statistics show:
Number of records on the Old file.
Number of records selected from the Old file.
Number of records on the New file.
Number of records selected from the New file.
Number of EQUAL records.
Number of NOT-EQUAL records.
Number of DELETED records.
Number of ADDED records.
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Ability to
include/exclude portions of a record from comparison.
