Introduction

PCMPSRC compares two source members for differences. This is one of the commands in our ISeries utilities library (click this URL for full contact and pricing details).

This compare ignores source line numbers and change dates i.e. the compare is based only on the actual source code. If source differences are detected, a report is printed showing the different source lines. The report terminates after 50 different source lines have been reported.

The source members do not have to have the same number of records. Any extra records in one member are matched (extra reads) when a difference is detected.

If no differences are detected, no report is produced but a message is sent saying that the source members are the same.

Examples

PCMPSRC FILE1(GLSRC/QRPGSRC) MBR1(GL010) FILE2(GLSRCOLD/QRPGSRC) MBR2(GL010X)

Command above compares QRPGSRC source member GL010 in library GLSRC to member GL010X in library GLSRCOLD.

Restrictions

1)	Source member records must be 92 bytes long i.e. as if created with the CRTSRCPF command default RCDLEN(92).

IBM rebranded the AS/400 - some users called it AS400 - to ISeries several years ago. All 3 names - ISeries, AS/400, AS400 - refer to exactly the same system.