Re: Cobol compiler date

> 3) Use one of your own utilities to search for the string.

I can't remember ever needing to search for a
short text string in a binary file before.
In the past I have normally done a hexdump and
then searched for a longish text, splitting it
in half and searching each half to allow for
the text being on a line boundary.

Obviously that technique won't work if I have to
split 19 into 1 and 9.

So I was wondering what algorithm would be best
for such a utility. Presumably search for a
string in a binary file, printing out offsets
where it is found.

And the binary file needs to be created by
converting the DUMPT output - the load module
can't be directly accessed, right?

BFN.  Paul.