Compare large LRECL files using 3.13 option in ISPF?

[Mainframe Bear]

Hi,

Please suggest how can I do a line compare on two files with record length of 900. After comparison, I want to write the mismatched records in an output file of same length. I am using 3.13 option in ISPF to do the compare but it is only producing an output file of 133 LRECL. How to get a bigger length?

[Robert Sample]

ISPF 3.13 may not be the best way to do this (SORT would be my first choice); however, look at the ISPF User's Guide manuals for the various options allowed in 3.13 (one of them extends the 133 size to a larger number but I don't recall the maximum allowed).

[Mainframe Bear]

I think we can not do it with ISPF as I read that the maximum length to be compared is 205 and defalut is 133. I'll choose sort.

Thanks for the reply.

[prino]

SuperC allows you to compare specific columns, so you can do it in several passes.

[Mainframe Bear]

Thanks but will that be acceptable in production?

[enrico-sorichetti]

Thanks but will that be acceptable in production?

You and Your support will have to decide about it

[Mainframe Bear]

You and Your support will have to decide about it

mostly they will say no to me.