On Thu, 18 May 2023 11:37:18 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: > >To answer your other question (preserving SDW): if you copy a RECFM=VBS >dataset using DCB=RECFM=U, you will get BDWs and SDWs. > Yes. I did that with REXX in an era when REXX supported nether VBS nor U. I first used a utility (REPRO, IIRC) to copy (overriden) RECFM=U to RECFM=V, adding generated BDW/RDW in a temp file, then using EXECIO. REXX is better nowadays. But LRECL=X?
Yes. But PDSE prohibits such overrides. Why!? (I suspect some limitation of NOTE/POINT.) Beware FTP! I've fount it undoes allocation overrides rather than using QSAM with allocated attributes. What's recommended for continuous stream data, as for lab instruments? o RECFM=U? o RECFM=VBS,LRECL=X? o zFS? o Other (specify)? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
