On 6 May 2014 16:02, Darth Keller <darth.kel...@assurant.com> wrote: > So maybe this is nit-picking but > > "It is VSAM datasets, not files" > > How does one distinguish between a dataset & a file?
By name? Well, a file name looks like /usr/foo/bar or foo/bar or just bar . A dataset name looks like USER.FOO.BAR or USER.FOO.BAR(MEMBER) or in the TSO context, 'USER.FOO.BAR' or 'USER.FOO.BAR(MEMBER)' . Or in the TSO context, BAR or bar or BAR(MEMBER) or bar(member) . So a lot depends on context... And that's just syntax; what a file and a dataset *are* is a topic of its own. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
