On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:17:33 -0400, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > >IIRC, the restriction against legacy datasets is only for programs that do not >use "fopen" for their files. As of the last time I tested it awk apparently >does use "fopen". > Would you commit to supporting code which relies on a feature that IBM has not commited to support?
IBM's explicit enumeration of five "Utilities supporting MVS data set names" is a strong implicit statement that IBM is reluctant to commit to supporting others. It lays the basis for rejecting any problem reports in that area. I suspect there are pitfalls. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
