John McKown wrote: >3) allocate a new data set and be sure that the DSORG is _not_ specified >either in the JCL or via the DATACLAS, or that it is DA. This tells DADSM to >_not_ write an EOF or anything else in the newly allocate disk space. If you >need to "inspect" some specific tracks, _and the disk is not SMS managed_, >then use ABSTR allocation. Once allocated, you can use BSAM or BDAM to read >the data as RECFM=U to simply read the "uninterpreted" blocks of data >(physical blocks).
>Or, once allocated, you can use ADRDSSU to DUMP the tracks in HEX format. DITTO (and possibly IDCAMS PRINT) is another friend for such data scavenging/"fishing". Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
