The LRECL in the JCL includes the RDW. The "RECORD VARYING IN SIZE" does *not* include the RDW. Therefore, it is quite true that the LRECL (in JCL) should be 4-bytes larger than the minimum RECORD VARING FROM value.
see (among other places), http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/igy3lr20/6.2.1.1 "With variable-format records, the Record Definition Word (RDW) is removed from the beginning of the input record. Only the actual input data is transferred to identifier-1." "Andy Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > I seem to remember a discussion here about a PTF, trick or Compiler option > that would allow the latest flavours of COBOL programs to tolerate short > Variable Length files. > > > I mean the case where the FILE SECTION is > > RECORD VARYING FROM nnn TO mmm > > And your JCL is > > //DDNAME DD LRECL=qqq,RECFM=VB, . . . > > > Now, it seems that qqq must equal mmm+4 or we get > > IGZ0201W A file attribute mismatch was detected. File DDNAME in program > xxxxxxx had a record length of mmm+4 and the file specified in the ASSIGN > clause had a record length of qqq. > > We would really like it to tolerate the case where qqq > mmm+4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
