Reload Analyzer Manual

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Note. If the file is empty and you press Break, the process will not be aborted.
Status Indicator
The status indicator, a period (.), tells you that Reload Analyzer is working. The status
indicator is displayed on the home terminal when you direct the output to the home
terminal. For each 1000 blocks that Reload Analyzer reads, another period is
displayed, with ten periods per line.
Understanding the Output
This subsection describes the output information Reload Analyzer gives about the file
being analyzed. This information cannot tell you exactly when a file needs to be
reorganized, but it can help you draw conclusions about whether to reorganize a file. In
this section, you will learn about each part of the output and see how to draw
conclusions from the output.
When Reload Analyzer analyzes a file, two things can happen. If the file is not found or
a security error happens, Reload Analyzer displays a banner line with the starting time
stamp, the reason the process could not continue, and an error message. (See
Appendix A: Error Messages for more information.) If no error occurs, the process
starting time stamp is shown. After that, Reload Analyzer displays three sections of
output followed by the completion time stamp. This subsection shows a sample of the
output and explains each part.
Suppose you analyze the key-sequenced Enscribe file SALESDB. The following
syntax analyzes the file SALESDB and sends the output to the spooler:
3> tra / IN SALESDB, OUT $spooler.loc /
Example 2-2 shows the Reload Analyzer output for SALESDB. At the top is the
process starting time and the name of the file that was analyzed. The completion time
is at the end of the output. How long it takes to read the file is determined by the size
of the file and your system configuration. To calculate how long it took to analyze the
file, find the difference between the output starting and ending time.
The use of bulk I/O greatly enhances the performance of the Reload Analyzer. If you
are familiar with the FUP INFO filename, STAT command, you will notice the
performance improvements with Reload Analyzer.
The output is grouped into three sections:
 General Information
 Block Information
 Data Chain Information