I have used this JCL to open a VTOC to read it:

//DD1 DD UNIT=3390,DISP=SHR,DSN=FORMAT4.DSCB,VOL=SER=xxxxxx

The VTOC might be adjacent to track zero, but I am not sure the DEB for an
open VTOC would include track zero.

Mike Shaw
MVS/QuickRef Support Group
Chicago-Soft, Ltd.


On Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 1:19 PM Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am interested in writing a program to read the IPL records from a DASD
> volume. (Read only, not update). I am comfortable with XDAP but how do I
> OPEN a "dataset" that would include cylinder 0?
>
> APF, OPERATIONS and so forth are not out of the question.
>
> Thanks,
> Charles
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