On 2018-01-30, at 13:33:24, Jon Perryman wrote: >>> Jon wrote: >>> If you specified the attributes needed, >>> then you would not need concatenated datasets. > Paul wrote: > >> No, I have tried TRSMAIN UNPACK with a single >> UNIX file as archive. FILEDATA, RECFM, LRECL, BLKSIZE >> all specified. It fails without the prefixed empty data set. > > If you absolutely hate the concatenated dataset, then try the DCB= where it > references a dataset or DDN. Even that may not work if the attribute can not > be specified in the JCL. It may even be an attribute outside the JCL DCB. > DCB is mutually exclusive with path. IBM answered my SR on SYSEXEC saying the problem was with DSORG. DSORG is mutually exclusive with PATH. I believe that some utilities fail because of device type.
For both AMATERSE SYSUT1 and Rexx SYSEXEC prefixing an empty Classic data set or library relieves the problem. "absolutely hate"? What is IBM trying to accomplish with these pointless restrictions? -- gil
