Author: steve-myers
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:39 pm (GMT 5.5)
Personally, I've never heard of such a program. There are issues.
Load Modules - It is essentially impossible to compare two load modules for equal/not equal because of the way they are structured on disk. Perhaps 10 years ago I wrote a program that attempted to compare two load modules on a CSECT to CSECT basis and got loads of false not equals. Not only that, but it is more difficult to copy a load module than most people appreciate. I've done it for practice, but that was long ago, and I'm not sure I could do it any more.
Source - It would be relatively easy to create a program like you propose for source. It would take me a month or two assuming I had the incentive to write such a program.
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:39 pm (GMT 5.5)
Personally, I've never heard of such a program. There are issues.
Load Modules - It is essentially impossible to compare two load modules for equal/not equal because of the way they are structured on disk. Perhaps 10 years ago I wrote a program that attempted to compare two load modules on a CSECT to CSECT basis and got loads of false not equals. Not only that, but it is more difficult to copy a load module than most people appreciate. I've done it for practice, but that was long ago, and I'm not sure I could do it any more.
Source - It would be relatively easy to create a program like you propose for source. It would take me a month or two assuming I had the incentive to write such a program.