On 2017-12-12, at 06:37:40, Jonathan Scott wrote:
>  
> ... However, input exit routines (like the ASMAXINV sample supplied with
> HLASM, and FLOWASM) can split VB records into fixed-length records, ...
>  
Has anyone wedded those exits to FLOWASM?

> Note also that an input exit routine is responsible for filling in the
> "relative record number" in AXPRELREC which is then used by HLASM as the
> record number to identify any error.  Although it is normally expected
> to increase by 1 for each record, I suspect that it could be used to
> indicate the original record number (in which case it would be the same
> for continuation lines produced by splitting the same input record).
> However, as there is currently no documentation to say that method is
> specifically supported, I cannot recommend that approach at present.
>  
I used those exits long ago.  There's also a field in the reply buffer
for data set name.  I filled that with the last 44 characters of the
UNIX path name.  Has that field been extended lately to accommodate
longer UNIX paths?  IIRC, the OS limit is 1023.

-- gil

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