Yes, TRANSMIT, not RECEIVE. Why not use 3120 to begin with? Good idea. I used SDB, which is also often a good idea -- just not in this case.
Charles On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:53:06 -0500, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote: >We've never had a problem either. We distribute our product as a Windows .exe >(ouch) which uses InstallShield to force acceptance of a license. It then >drops a binary blob onto disk. That gets uploaded (F 80) and RECEIVEd, which >produces one PDS--also F 80--containing several members. Each of THOSE members >is itself an XMITted library, and RECEIVEing those gets you the installation >media. Some of the libraries are BLKSIZE 3120, some are larger. > >So Charles, I think you're doing ?something? wrong. > >Wait...you're XMITting into a PDS with a large blocksize? What is that large >blocksize, and if you're putting XMITted files into it, why not use 3120 (or >8000, or some other multiple of 80? Maybe that's the problem? > >Apologies if this is naïve. > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >Lennie Bradshaw >Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2025 1:35 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Grrr! Yes, TSO TRANSMIT destroys PDSes (Rant) > >Just tested this on my z/OS 3.1 system and I have differing results to you. >Existing blksize was respected. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
