Been There Done That Lizette
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Hobbs Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 6:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Files in PDS's with different LRECL's Sorry Radoslaw, what's BTDT? ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.S." <[email protected]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 7:41 AM Subject: Re: Files in PDS's with different LRECL's >W dniu 2013-04-20 14:19, Paul Gilmartin pisze: >> On 2013-04-20, at 03:02, R.S. wrote: >> >>> W dniu 2013-04-20 02:49, Graham Hobbs pisze: >>>> Hello, In a JCL stream there are several F,B output files I'd like to >>>> put into a single PDS. Each file has a different LRECL? If I allocate >>>> the PDS with LRECL => the longest file's LRECL, can I do this? Am >>>> guessing this isn't a smart question:-) but then am not a sysprog. I >>>> know, I can try it, am just thinking ahead. Thanks Graham Hobbs >>> >>> BTDT. >>> FOr PDSE you'll get an error, for PDS your file may be (will be) >>> corrupted. >>> >> For DISP=NEW, he should have no problem. But RECFM=VB seems to be the >> rational choice if the record lengths are, well, variable. > > My "BTDT" experience was limited to DISP=NEW in first step, and several > further steps. It was enough to understand that LRECL should be the same > for all members. > I haven't studied all possible cases of (mis)use of PDS. > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
