> o If it's generally needed, why isn't it an option on DD SYSOUT? Because the damage is already done. What is needed is for the utilities to stop checking for invalid characters. After that happens you can worry about SYSOUT filtering.
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2023 12:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: PARM='GRAPHICS(CHAIN(SN))' In a recent post, I saw: //TESTDIR EXEC PGM=IDCAMS,PARM='GRAPHICS(CHAIN(SN))' o Why is PARM='GRAPHICS(CHAIN(SN))' still a thing? o Cui bono? o In this 21st Century, why isn't the default the identity translation? o If it needs to ba thing, why doesn't every utility support it? o If it's generally needed, why isn't it an option on DD SYSOUT? (I was dismayed the first time I used IDCAMS and my comments vanished.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
