On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:51:10 -0400, Bob Rutledge wrote: > > From the z/OS V1.11 Preview, > >"In z/OS V1.11, DFSMSdfp processing is planned to be changed to indicate >end-of-file (EOF) during the allocation of data sets on DASD that are not >SMS-managed and have either sequential or an undefined data set organization." > "Indicate" is an interesting word. It doesn't say it physically writes an end-of-file. Is this a logical rather than physical end-of-file.
Is this for data security or convenience? Can the residual data still be read with EXCP? (Mentally drawing Venn diagram ...) And the statement does not cover data sets which are SMS-managed and have undefined DSORG. -- 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
