How so? The JCL Reference says "NULLFILE has the same effect as coding the DD DUMMY parameter" and does not say that DUMMY precludes DCB=.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john gilmore Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 6:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DUMMY and BLKSIZE The construction //<ddname> DD DUMMY is being misused here for a purpose for which it was never intended. Use instead //<ddname> DD DSN=NULLFILE,DCB= . . . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

