Most forms of IEBGENER (including the real one these days, I believe) preserve the input (SYSUT1) BLKSIZE unless it is specified in the SYSUT2 DD.
In other words, your test didn't test SDB. On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:21:46 -0500, Jon Brock wrote: >I forgot to include that the JCL I was using was IEBGENERing an 80-byte LRECL file to SYSUT2. > >Jon > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jon Brock >Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:20 PM >Subject: Re: DASD allocation guidelines > > >I think he is referring to the difference between specifying BLKSIZE=0 in the DCB on the DD card vs coding BLKSIZE=0 by itself as a parameter of the DD. > ><mass snippage from this point> -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

