On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 10:07:14 -0500 Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
:>Sure it's possible... BSAM POINT should work fine in general, and BDAM is :>even more powerful. However, the previous mention about short blocks is :>important; that will foul up block calculations, so you'd probably want to :>make it FBS, and make sure there are no short blocks. Presuming your :>application knows what record it wants to start with, you'll have to :>calculate the TTR and block offset from that. And of course, by using :>BxAM, you have to do your own de-blocking, and I/O overlap. Yes, it would have to be FBS. The block address can be calculated and a BDAM direct read could retrieve the block. However this is the wrong organization for the file if that is your need. No matter how hard you try, a hammer is a poor tool to put in a screw. -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel
