In a recent note, McKown, John said: > Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:44:59 -0500 > > IIRC, BPAM support for HFS directories is "read-only". If somebody want > to use "legacy" programs to update a "member" of an emulated PDS in an > HFS, then it would fail. So the PDS may still be needed. E.g. using > IEBUPDTE <shudder> or maybe, like me, they have some ISPF "edit macros" > which they run in batch which scan and update members of a given PDS. > Good points. I agree (and I stated) the support is partial. I hope it's on IBM's agenda to provide ISPF LMxxxx, BPAM write, and DESERV support for HFS directories.
I'd certainly use "patch" rather than IEBUPDTE. -- 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
