ITYM "GET DATA".
IIRC, I think the logical record is reconstituted but you lose the
length prefix. However, you can retrieve it from DCBLRECL.
> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:07:04 -0500
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Circular buffer
> To: [email protected]
>
> If the first two bytes of the block contains a two byte block length,
> then all you may need to do is declare the file as VBS (variable block
> spanned).
>
> I'm really rusty in BAL, but I think if you use GET MOVE logic, you
> should see a complete record in your record area. That is, z/os will
> obtain the record fragments and put them together for you. That may also
> be so in GET LOCATE where the record is presented to your program in
> contiguous storage as if it had been wholly contained in a single block.
>
>
> Again, really, really rusty in BAL.
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