Update expects sequence numbers in the last 8 columns, alas. @@@##### or ########.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 7:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Any real need for sequence numbers in 73-80 any more? On 2017-12-12, at 16:22:40, Seymour J Metz wrote: > Yes, among others. Supported by TSO EDIT and ISPF/PDF EDIT, although not by > IEBUPDTE. > Or by XEDIT/UPDATE? > ________________________________________ > From: John McKown > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 6:16 PM > > Like CLIST? Of course, I still don't much care for user supplied sequence > numbers. I guess I've gotten to used to UNIX coding. > > On Dec 12, 2017 16:41, "Seymour J Metz" wrote: > >> The obvious way to support RECFM=VB is for the first 8 columns after the >> RDW to be the sequence number. -- gil
