> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Steve Comstock > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: avgrec/avgblk history ? > > Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:23:21 -0500, Joel C. Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > >>Of course what makes the "AVGREC" parameter non intuitive is that it > >>performs two functions, neither of which is to supply the average record > >>length: It > >>(1)changes interpretation of the "SPACE" parameter to allocate based on > >>an AVeraGe RECord length and number of records as specified in the > >>"SPACE" parameter and > > > > > > "Changes the interpretation"? Does this mean that AVGREC=U has a > > semantic distinct from omitting the AVGREC parameter? I.e. does > > > > SPACE=(1000,100) > > > > have an effect different from > > > > SPACE=(1000,100),AVGREC=U > > > > ... ? If so, what? If not, have I overlooked some other case where > > AVGREC=U has a nontrivial effect? > > > > > > Yes. In the first case, the "1000" is taken as a blocksize; > in the second case it is taken as a record size.
And yet in neither case is there an explicit relation to LRECL or BLKSIZE. Dave Gibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Programmer (509) 335-7359 Information Technology Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-1222> > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > > > [snip rest] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
