I would suggest to avoid the MVS specific open mode strings (that is, recfm, lrecl and so on) as often as possible, because, if you use the simple "w" and "r" strings, the program will probably run on every platform, which is not so in the other case.
My experience is that you don't need those MVS extensions most of the time. One example where they are indeed needed is: if you try to write a binary file with variable length (a VB file with binary contents, not only text). If you ever have questions about C on MVS, you could ask me offline (15 years experience here). Kind regards Bernd Am Samstag, 7. März 2009 06:35 schrieben Sie: > Hi Bill ! > > Thanks for all your assistance. > > outf = fopen("dd:OUTF","w"); > works for both the pre-assigned disk file and the SYSOUT=A . > > Regards > > Lorne > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html