On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:38:52 -0800, GAVIN Darren * OPS EAS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The problem is you are giving it a space param with directory block >counts on the output file (the third number in space card), SMS picks >that up and allocates a PDS instead of a Sequential file. > >Change SPACE=(CYL,(7,1,43),RLSE) to SPACE=(CYL,(7,1),RLSE) >... The original poster admitted all that. The question is whether or not IDCAMS should complain about being asked to write to a PDS (not a member of a PDS) as a PS dataset. >... >It's not a IDCAMS issue >... I don't think that's a given. It's easy to see why this happens, and it's not too difficult to deal with it (as others have noted), but I think it violates the principle of least astonishment. Writing to a PDS as a PS dataset is almost certainly done by accident. It would be nice it IDCAMS would just say "You didn't want to do that.". 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
