On 2012-08-07 19:10, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: > At 22:24 -0500 on 08/06/2012, Dale R. Smith wrote about Re: Using NOTE and > POINT simulation macros on CMS?: > >> So it sounds like the NOTE Macro will only work after a Read or a Write has >> been done to the dastaset, not after an OPEN Macro. > > If the system knows where the first record in the file is so that the first > READ done after the OPEN will read it, it seems to me that a NOTE done prior > to that READ but just after the OPEN should return the location of that first > record. > Errr... no. After the first READ, it returns the location of the first record. Before the first read, for consistency, it would need to return the location of something before the first record. There is no such thing.
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