On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:17:33 -0400, Gord Tomlin wrote: > >FBA Services are intended to allow a FBA device to be updated by both >z/OS and other platforms. The API (IOSFBA) is all new, and is in no way >related to the access methods we all know and "love". Forget all about >data sets, VTOCs, cylinders, and so on. It's in z/OS 2.1. > From reading this list, I suss out that not entirely "all know and 'love'" UNIX. So is it possible that UNIX filesystems will be supported via IOSFBA? (Of course, if UNIX files are supported a programmer might use "DD PATH=...", then QSAM, BSAM, or (read-only) BPAM.)
OS/360, much lauded for vertical compatibility, has never been very good at horizontal compatibility. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
