John, What happens if you run the exact same test, but instead of having the JCL for your output as: // RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0,DSORG=PS you instead JUST coded // DSORG=PS
i.e. you leave out the JCL (overrides) for RECCFM, LRECL, and BLKSIZE) - I think that this is when/where the different BLOCK CONTAINS clauses make a difference. "John McKown" <joa...@swbell.net> wrote in message news:<listserv%200905181308288278.0...@bama.ua.edu>... > I just ran a quick test using Enterprise COBOL 3.4.1. I had one input FD and > three output FDs. The output FDs were: (1) No BLOCK CONTAINS at all; (2) > BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS; and (3) BLOCK CONTAINS 1 RECORDS. I directed each > to a separate SMS managed disk dataset. On the JCL for each output file, I > specified: > > // RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0,DSORG=PS > > I then dumped the records using IDCAMS, but with the JCL looking like: > > //JS010 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS, > // REGION=20M > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > //I1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TSH009.MYCOPY.BLOCK0,RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=32760 > //I2 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TSH009.MYCOPY.BLOCK1,RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=32760 > //I3 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TSH009.MYCOPY.NOBLOCK,RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=32760 > //SYSIN DD * > PRINT INFILE(I1) DUMP COUNT(30) > PRINT INFILE(I2) DUMP COUNT(30) > PRINT INFILE(I3) DUMP COUNT(30) > // > > All three outputs were IDENTICAL and showed that each file was identically > blocked. That is: the BLOCK CONTAINS 1 RECORDS did not result in an unblock > file! > > This was run on z/OS 1.10. > > Oh, for fun, I also put the output onto non-SMS managed DASD with the same > result. > > -- > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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