Barbara's explanation of what happened is entirely clear. The answer to John Perryman's question
<begin extract> With the exception of DISP=MOD with multiple open/writes and that the last block will always be, I don't see the difference between FB and FBS. How would FB create a short block in the middle? </end extract> is thus clear enough for a striped FBS data set processed in naif fashion, one read not in block rotation but seriatim by writing 'drive'. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
