In a recent note, Martin, Mike said:
> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:40:13 -0400
>
> //DOTIN DD DSN=OUTSIDE.TAPE,
> // VOL=SER=X00123,
> // DISP=OLD,LABEL=(2,BLP),UNIT=TAPE,
> // DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=4000,LRECL=50,DEN=3)
>
> EDG4048I VOLUME 000123 REJECTED. MOUNTED VOLUME DOES NOT EQUAL REQUESTED
>
What interests me is that you specified "X00123", yet the message
refers to "000123". Is there, perhaps, an Exit which converts
non-numeric characters in volsers to '0'? Ugh! Far too much
DWIM for me.
I would have suggested a lower case character:
// VOL=SER='x00123',
... the defense by obfuscation; no one else is apt to use a
lower case in a volser. I thought this used to work, but I
just tried it, and in the mount message, at least, it was
folded to upper.
Still, too much DWIM. If the system thinks my _quoted_ string
contains an invalid construct, I would prefer JCL error to
the system's guess at a substitution.
Wouldn't have worked anyway. The operator could never enter
the correct reply to the Confirm VSN message.
-- gil
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