On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:21:07 -0500, Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The SAMe SU (IIRC) assumed that all blocks would be the same size > except for the last. I don't recall of finding short blocks in any of > the QSAM type datasets sine the SAMe came out. I don't recall of a > programmer ever needing a short block. While there may b e a few out > there I have never run across them personally. > It has long been possible to create interior short blocks by at least the following techniques:
o RECFM=V o DISP=MOD I doubt that SAMe would have had the influence to change either of those. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
