The maximum length of a dataset name has been 44 characters since the very earliest days of System/360.
On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 1:06 PM Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:48:20 +0000, Pommier, Rex wrote: > > ... > > ... The symbolic string must not exceed 44 characters, including all > name segments and periods. > > > Thanks. I see it in: < > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=systems-extended-alias-support > >. > > I wonder why IBM chose that number. It seems unduly > restrictive; ill-considered. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
