Back in Ye Olde days, it allowed for specifying that a different device address be used thus improving I/O performance.
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:48:30 +0000 "Pommier, Rex R." <[email protected]> wrote: :>OK, what does (did) SEP= do? The only thing the JCL reference says is that you can't use it as a JCL symbol in certain types of jobs. :> :>-----Original Message----- :>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R.S. :>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 3:18 PM :>To: [email protected] :>Subject: UNIT=SEP still alive (?) :> :>I just found the following in some IBM same JCL (job, actually): :>//SYSUT1 DD UNIT=(SYSDA,SEP=(SORTLIB,SYSLMOD,SYSLIN)), :>// SPACE=(1000,(60,20)) :> :>Last change date is half of the 2013 (creation date is probably 2005 or so). :>As far as I know SEP is syntax checked and ignored for many moons, at least since first OS/390, but I vaguely remember somebody told me it was obsoleted with advent of MVS. :> :>-- :>Radoslaw Skorupka :>Lodz, Poland -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
