Maybe not officially, but on IBMLink, for APAR OA25204. <quote>
PROBLEM SUMMARY: **************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: Users of BSAM/QSAM that access UNIX System * * Services, USS, files. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: With today's z/OS UNIX System * * Services, USS, there are two different * * file formats: text and binary. The * * files are seen as byte-streams. Text * * allows a user to specify a delimiter * * (one of a few predefined characters) * * to indicate the end of a "record". On * * output, the delimiter is appended to * * the end of the data and stripped on * * input. The delimiter is stored as an * * attribute of the file. * * * * The problem that some applications are * * encountering with text files in the * * z/OS USS filesystem when using BSAM or * * QSAM is there is no way for a text * * file to contain a delimiter as part of * * the data stream. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * </quote> ref: https://www-304.ibm.com/ibmlink/sis/viewAparDoc.wss?context=aparAndUsage&documentIds=OA25204&searchWords=IGGRPFX&libraryType=D&lc=en&cc=US 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
