Hi Paul, In respect of your query about EXCP with DEB:
"Hello: Does anyone have any sample code that does I/O (read only) by manually building a DEB? (Bypassing OPEN and CLOSE.) ...... I want to be able to read the directory blocks of a PDS via EXCP in this manner." I cannot answer your question specifically as I haven't played in this area since the 1970s when I found that DEBE would not run in MVS because DEBs were built in a different SUBPOOL. I know you have indicated that you wish to bypass OPEN/CLOSE, but if you didn't the directory is easily readable with BSAM. This link contains an article and sample on doing this. (http://www.kmsitltd.co.uk/docs/bpamdir.pdf) Kind regards - Terry Terry Sambrooks Director KMS-IT Limited 228 Abbeydale Road South Dore Sheffield S17 3LA UK Tel: +44 (0)114 262 0933 WEB: www.legac-e.co.uk Reg: England & Wales 3767263 at the above address All outgoing E-mails are scanned but it remains the recipients responsibility to ensure that their system is protected from viruses, trojans, worms, and spy-ware. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
