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Status Not under consideration
Categories z/TPF
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 24, 2016

ZRECP DUMP processing and Selectice Dump Trace

ZRECP DUMP uses Selective Dump and Trace to dump out relatively small chunks of data for each Lost Address and writes it to the RTL Tape. If the RFE to change the output tape is every acted upon then the code needs to be changed to do some blocking of the data sent to the new tape. Maybe use a common block to hold the data and when the block is full then write it to the tape. Use a similar process as to what is done when writing to the RCP Tape during earlier phases of Recoup

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Nov 9, 2016

    When the change to the output tape is implemented, blocked tapes should be used rather than changing the code to block the data sent to the new tape.