>the attributes of the first data set will be the ones set in the OS control blocks at the time the data set is opened and the attributes of succeeding data sets are utterly ignored.
Not true, since ESA 3, for block-size. (I cannot remember for sequential, but it reallocates the buffer for PDS, when the blocksize changes in the concatenation) - -teD I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
