On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:06:07 -0400, John Eells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >The binder is now designed to write programs only into >libraries having an undefined record format (RECFM=U), to help >prevent changing the DCB attributes of other libraries, unless you >specify that it should do so (for example, by specifying RECFM=U >on a DD statement)." >... What a very peculiar exception. I understand that it was probably easier to accept the overriding DD parm than to check for it and reject it, but this sounds dangerous. If I know at the time I'm building JCL that I want to change the characteristics of the dataset, why would I wait for the BINDER to do it for me? Murphy's law dictates that if that override gets put in any BINDER JCL, THAT job is the one that will be cloned by all the neophytes needing BINDER JCL; the feature will be effectively disabled. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
