>I having been using BLDL to get program directory information I found
>the macro to not give correct results.

May I plead that posters post more than just "it does not work"? The 
actual bad result is very important to those who are listening and trying 
to help.

>Using TCBJLB as the input DCB
>For DESEREV I get a return code of 
>X'0C' reason X'421' invalid DCB 

If any service says that an input is invalid, it is always worth 
eliminating the possibility that the invocation did not result in 
providing valid input. If a valid DCB is used, it will not indicate 
"invalid DCB". A first guess is always that the invocation was off by a 
level of indirection. Not showing the expansion can lead only to 
conjecture on the part of the responders, as opposed to leading more 
directly to something helpful.

>As for DESERVE, it would appear that linklist DCB's don't get special
>treatment

Both BLDL and DESERV do special-case the LNKLST DCB, at least to some 
extent. BLDL also special cases a value of 0. I don't know about DESERV.

Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design

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