>Special - examples: DFSMShsm journal, RACF db, SMF SYS1.MANx, IODF, etc. >Each of them *looks like* PS or VSAM, but there are additional rules and >constraints which have to be followed.
In my opinion, for what little it might be worth, it is unfortunate that there is not a standard term or notation for such "special" datasets in the general z/OS documentation. Among other things, these are datasets where the normal z/OS utilities might have unwanted results, etc, etc. Some of these have been around almost since the beginning (OS/360 days) and the numbers have grown (unfortunately). They can result in unexpected stumbles for newer systems programmers (or "administrators" in the more modern terminology). Bill Ogden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
