Gil, No documentation at all. Merely trial and error observation. A few years ago I had good business reasons to use z/OS awk for a research project for my employer and found that it works using "classic" datasets for both input and output. Whether it was INTENDED by IBM to do so is a question I never asked.
I never claimed nor intended to imply that z/OS awk was documented as supporting "classic"" datasets, only that in its current incarnation it actually does so. I seem to remember that some years ago on this forum or maybe over on MVS-OE, you (or perhaps another poster) guessed that the reason for this actual support of "classic" datasets is that z/OS awk internally uses "fopen()" (which does support "classic" datasets) rather than "open()" (which does NOT support "classic" datasets). Due to OCO of course we will probably never know that for sure one way or the other. The only way to force IBM's hand would be to file an RFC on the command documentation for awk complaining that the actual support in the product is not documented. That, of course, might make IBM take that support away from us, so I personally wouldn’t want to be the one filing such an RCF. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2020 12:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: COBOL ? Re: SORT selection question EXTERNAL EMAIL On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:58:44 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353 <peter.far...@broadridge.com> wrote: >Of course that is an option, particularly the COBOL one. I am personally very >familiar with awk and z/OS awk does support "classic" datasets via DD, ... > Citation needed. According to what IBM document? -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
