I trust MOD all the time! I never had a problem with MOD. Lots of good uses for MOD, not the least of which is DISP=(MOD,DELETE) for deleting those pesky "might be there, might not" datasets and DISP=(MOD,CATLG) for creating them.
Charles P.S. This will inevitably start three new threads: one a nostalgia thread on "I remember when PCP Rel. 12 had a bug in DISP=MOD," one on "most creative uses for DISP=MOD" (and then why some alternative approach is MUCH better), and one on "why DISP=MOD is vastly superior to (or alternatively, vastly inferior to) UNIX open append" <g>. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 10:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: avgrec/avgblk history ? WHile that is true no programmer I ever ran into, ever trusted "MOD" . Yes it does work though. The programmers really only use of mod was in checkpoint restart tape. Even then it was grimaced at. Back in the "old times" uptime was at best bad (can we say 5 minutes?) so no one really trusted it (MOD). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
