Gil, I have always interpreted as "qualified by the qname", though I will gladly admit this is an inference not directly implied by the text itself, and therefore subject to discussion. (not intending to start one right now, though).
Just my 2p. Abe Kornelis =========== Op 26-8-2015 om 15:18 schreef Paul Gilmartin: > In: > z/OS MVS Programming: Assembler Services Reference ABE-HSP > SA23-1369-00 > > under ENQ I read: > ... > ,rname addr > Specifies the address of the name used together with qname to > represent a single resource. The name must be from 1 to 255 bytes > long, can be qualified, and can contain any valid hexadecimal > character. > > What's a "qualified" name, as opposed to unqualified? Does this > simply mean a conventional data set name containing periods is > acceptable? If so, I believe that "can be qualified" adds no > meaning to the description. > > I do intend to submit an RCF about the otiose and possibly misleading > use of "valid" and "hexadecimal". I believe there's no such thing > as an invalid or non-hexadecimal character which must not appear > in the rname. > > -- gil >
