On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:11:50 -0500, McKown, John wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL >> >> Neither PDS nor PDSE can be multi-volume. > >Very true. However, I wonder how acceptable it might be to use BPAM's PDS >emulation to store what would normally be in a PDS in a UNIX subdirectory >instead? Just keep the UNIX file name within the directory within the limits >imposed by a PDS member name, and it should work, no? > Read-only. The restriction os size of PDS likely arises from the format of the NOTE word. This might be better or worse for UNIX directories accessed via BPAM.
>Can an executable module be placed in a UNIX subdirectory and that >subdirectory used in a STEPLIB? I may play with this on my sandbox system. > I strongly doubt it. >I've not done anything like this due to the fact that I have not implemented >sysplex UNIX filesystem sharing. That would be a change to a production >environment and would require a justified change request. And, for some weird >reason, change control won't accept "it would be neat!" as a justification. >Few in the shop even know we run a UNIX subsystem on z/OS and the few who do, >other than myself, think it is a waste of time and resources. > Would NFS be a workaround? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
