on 5/15/05 9:05 PM, Bruce Black at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> Interesting... *YEARS* ago I ran into this (on DOS to be specific). I didn't >> know about the bit. Wish I had known about it then! >> > See, one old dog can teach another one! <gr> > > Another aspect of reading RECFM=U data is that you can't chain the reads > together. The I/O termination of a chained read only gives you the > residual length from the last block read, so you can't tell the actual > length of the other blocks.
SIgh... well I was a "young dog" back then... Now I am an old dog... woof woof... Thanks again. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
