-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 4:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Member name format for z/OS directory as simulated PDS?
On Thu, 6 May 2010 17:14:07 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >On 6 May 2010 15:10, Kirk Talman wrote: >> going back decades it was possible to mangle the member name and do a STOW >> to save an "old" member under the mangled name using the old TTR. You >> just can't use those names in JCL. > >JCL doesn't restrict the characters allowed in a DSNAME, as long as >the DSNAME is quoted. But if it's quoted, it can't be catalogued. > Strange rule; I wonder what motivated it? <snip> DOS to MVS migrations would be my guess. When I'm doing one, I make use of this. However, many VSE shops today are using names such as MVS would use because of the use of VSAM. So the need for this was dying -- until you get to OE/OMVS and having to use non-MVS/DOS/VM file systems. Regards, Steve Thompson -- Opinions expressed by this poster may not reflect those of poster's employer -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
