I dont know, I have used both LRECLs successfully. At 255 the lines obivously in rexx can be longer, I don't know how internally the REXX interpreter is handling the different recfms and LRECLs Scott J Ford
________________________________ From: Rick Fochtman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:15:19 PM Subject: CLIST/REXX Philosophy 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? -- Rick -- Remember that if you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
