On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:28:11 -0500 Gerhard Postpischil <[email protected]> wrote:
:>On 12/13/2011 4:37 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: :>> I thought that NOTE was allowed/meaningful only after at least :>> one I/O was issued and all outstanding I/Os were checked. :>> (Doesn't it get its information from the IOB for the previous :>> I/O?) :>I just ran a test on my system: :> OPEN (IXSET,OUTPUT)) :> NOTE IXSET :> STCM R1,7,STOWTTR :> STOW IXSET,STOWLIST,A ENTER THE INFORMATION IN DIRECTORY :> CLOSE (IXSET) FERME INSET :> SPACE 1 :> IXSET DCB DDNAME=ENTRE1,MACRF=(W),DSORG=PO :> OUTAREA DC CL80' ' AREA TO WRITE FROM :> SPACE 1 :> STOWLIST DC CL8'GIITXXXX' MEMBER :> STOWTTR DC AL3(0) TTR :> DC X'00' PDS2NTTR :>That results in a member pointing to an EOF block. The original :>allocation had card format, 1 directory block, and the NOTE :>returned 00000200, with the EOF written at TTR 3. Did you try adding a member after that and see what happened? -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> 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.
