On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:15:19 -0600, Rick Fochtman wrote: >I'm probably going to start a firestorm here, but it's for an internal >argument here where I'm consulting. > >Should REXX/CLIST datasets be RECFM=FB,LRECL=80, or should they be >RECFM=VB,LRECL=255? Why? > No. They should be kept in z/OS Unix files where that stuff is irrelevant.
I recall a Users Guide/GIM at the announcement of TSO/E, when Rexx was first to be available on MVS/XA. That recommended RECFM=VB, eschewing line numbers, and liberal use of mixed case text for legibility. Alas, 029 keypunch inertia appears to have prevailed and IBM now distributes EXECs RECFM=FB,LRECL=80. You have the choice of the motivation of that early document, or compatibility with mid-20th century technology. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
