On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:44:43 -0700, Skip Robinson wrote: >++MACUPD and ++SRCUPD depend entirely on FB sequence numbers. Without >sequence numbers, every macro or source 'update' would have to be >delivered as a complete replacement. For better or worse. > >I don't believe that VB sequence numbers have the same requirement because >few (if any?) SMPE elements are delivered in VB format. At least not with >sequence numbers. > VB, HFS, inline load modules are delivered in an undocumented format created by the GIMDTS utility. SMP/E supplies the GIMDTS utility to end users (mostly of use to ISVs), but does not supply the un-GIMDTS utility. And GIMDTS fails if RECFM=FB,LRECL=80 and no record contains "++" in columns 1-2. So you can use GIMDTS to encapsulate SMP/E MCS but not JCL.
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