On Mar 26, 2025, at 2:51 PM, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
I agree that the 8 char node and 44 char limit on DSN names needs to be expanded. That is going to hit VTOCs and CATALOGs and JCL, and dynamic allocation.... But there is always z/OS 4.1 (kinda would match with OE, hmmmm). Rather than this, I’d suggest IBM implement a z/OS native filesystem that lives on a raw FBA storage device. Path names already have the additional length and character flexibility. -- Curtis Pew, Mainframe Specialist The University of Texas at Austin | ET Campus Solutions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
