On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:31:04 -0600, Paul Gilmartin  wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 07:41:08 -0600, Bill Schoen  wrote:
>
>>Yes, this implies open() and all other file related APIs.
>>
>tell()?  seek()?  Support as either binary or text?
>    ...
>I wonder whether a mischievous user can create a deadlock with:
>    cp a b & cp b a  # ?  Or:
>    cat /dev/fd/0 >"'data.set(member)'"  # and typing slowly.
>    ...
I also wonder about:
    setvbuf(stream2, NULL, _IONBF, 0)  # with:
    tail -f   # in a concurrent session.

Some of this might be possible if the kernel keeps an opaque, non-synched 
buffer.

Does it employ FAMS timestamps for PDSE members as NFS does?
Timezone awareness of member timestamps?  (UTC rules!)

>>>    ...
><https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/ENUS221-260/index.html&lang=en>
>>>*New file system support to access z/OS data sets*

-- gil

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