On 9/19/2013 3:06 PM, Doug Henry wrote:
Of course their are methods to default the number of directory blocks. One that easily comes to mind is dataclass. But isn't all of this something that occurs during allocation and open is to late. Unless you create at least one directory block for a pds , what good is it?
Not that I'm proposing it, but OPEN could be modified to check for an immediate EOF (or 0 DS1LSTAR) and abend or create a default number. Regardless, the current action would seem to be APARable as a security exposure.
Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, Vermont ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
