> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 4:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SYSADATA file quirk > > On 2/21/2011 3:00 PM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:20:04 -0700 Paul > Gilmartin<[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > :>On 2/21/2011 11:17 AM, Mike Shaw wrote: > > :>> Shouldn't the assembler check the DCB attributes for > an existing SYSADATA > > :>> output file, particularly a PDS or PDSE, and use those > attributes, rather > > :>> than CHANGING the DCB attributes without a warning? If > he's not happy 'cause > > :>> the LRECL is too short, give me an error message, > don't just change things > > :>> without telling me! > > > > :>It's not the assembler, it's Data Manglement. > > > > Not at all. The assembler can check in a DCB open exit and > report on the > > mismatch. > > > That burden shouldn't be placed on every utility, language processor, > or program. Simply, the check should be coded in OPEN, and > any attempt > to modify the attributes of a nonempty existing data set should ABEND. > > Similar considerations should apply to inadvertent overwriting of > PDS directories.
CA's MIM Integrity has an option to abend a program which does an OPEN which tries to modify the DCB characteristics of a dataset. > > > :>> ...or am I asking too much here? > > > > :>Consider the vendor's reputation, and answer your own question. > > > > Nasty. > > > Realistic. > > -- gil -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
