On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:19:11 -0400 Gerhard Postpischil <gerh...@valley.net> wrote:
:>On 7/31/2011 12:35 PM, CM Poncelet wrote: :>> The program's DCB attributes take priority over (i.e. :>> 'override') the DCB attributes on DASD for OUTPUT, and the DCB :>> attributes on DASD take priority over (i.e. 'override') the :>> program's DCB for INPUT. If a program 'disagrees' with that and :>> tries to override the DCB attributes on DASD anyway, with its :>> own DCB attributes and for an INPUT, it crashes with an I/O :>> error. Crashing with an I/O error indicates that the program's :>> DCB was unable - not able - to override the DCB attributes on DASD. :>What we have here is a failure to communicate. Your statement :>above makes it evident that you are using "DCB attributes on :>DASD" as applying to the format of the data, whereas the other :>participants in this merry-go-round are referring to the DCB :>parameters in the format 1 DSCB (DS1RECFM, DS1LRECL, DS1BLKL). Yes, that was what I was trying to point out to him. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
