> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z/OS 1.11 (and COBOL 4.2) new features summary > > On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:44:40 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: > > > >* New FILEDATA type for z/OS UNIX files: FILEDATA=RECORD > > creates files with each record having a four > > byte prefix (x'00' followed by three byte > > record length) > > > Of course, this is incompatible with a similar facility in FTP, > isn't it? Sigh. Conway's law strikes again. > > -- gil
Yeah - why IBM didn't make FILEDATA=RECORD have the same format as VB really upsets me. This new one basically prefixes a logical record with a fullword length in the range of 0..1677215 instead of VB's LLBB (where BB is usually x'0000'). <sigh> Luckily, the Co:Z "fromdsn" command can be used to create records in this format. fromdsn -p 0x00 -l rdw legacy.dsn >unix.file -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
