On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:26:59 +0000, Farley, Peter wrote: > >The SDSF Rexx interface returns the LRECL of all splol files in the job as one >of the arrays returned from the action character “?” against a job. One only >needs to pre-scan the LRECL array for the largest value and allocate the >single output file as RECFM=VB with that maximum LRECL + 4 and no issues >should occur in writing output to that file from all spool files in the job. > That does poorly for SYSPUNCH. for example. Various subsequent utilities may require FB, 80, 3120.
Phil's example showed only a job log. If that's all he wants to capture, the attributes are known a priori. I once broke SDSF edge testing with a SYSOUt record with 32752 data bytes. Fixed by APAR, peculiarly limited because of Hyrum's Law. DDon't rely on DDNAME as a qualifier. Duplicates can occur with DYNALLOC; FREE; DYNALLOC. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
