DCB=(LRECL=256,BLKSIZE=256) works well. I've' also used KEYLEN=8, However, is there any reason not to use DESERV for new code?
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Rupert Reynolds [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 11:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter >From memory, I'm pretty sure I've done the same thing (LRECL and BKSIZE 256) in compiled code, allocated both via JCL and via SVC 99. Out of date, I'm guessing there are handy routines to read PDS directories for us these days, and PDSE too? (Newer than ISPF LM*, I mean). Roops On Wed., Oct. 6, 2021, 16:19 Paul Gilmartin, < [email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 10:33:14 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: > > ... > >Besides not needing DCB, DSORG is usually useless as well. > > > Perhaps useless in JCL. In Rexx I've needed to code DSORG(PS) to read a > PDS directory. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
