The mathematician sounds like a lawyer to me... :)
Best Regards, Thomas Berg ___________________________________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist zOS/RQM/IT Delivery Swedbank AB (Publ) > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of > Ambros, Thomas > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 2:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Intermittent, not consistently reproducible problems with PDSEs > on z/OS V2R1 (incl. > infrequent S0F4-20 RSN 1C0752EE ABENDs) > > Sorry for the OT, but that response somehow made me think of this: > > An astronomer, a physicist and a mathematician are on a train in Scotland. > The astronomer > looks out of the window, sees a black sheep standing in a field, and remarks, > "How odd. All the > sheep in Scotland are black!" "No, no, no!" says the physicist. "Only some > Scottish sheep are > black." The mathematician rolls his eyes at his companions' muddled thinking > and says, "In > Scotland, there is at least one field containing at least one sheep, at least > one side of which > appears to be black from this perspective... some of the time." > > Thomas Ambros > zEnterprise Operating Systems > zEnterprise Systems Management > 518-436-6433 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tom > Marchant > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 09:03 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Intermittent, not consistently reproducible problems with PDSEs > on z/OS V2R1 (incl. > infrequent S0F4-20 RSN 1C0752EE ABENDs) > > On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:03:09 -0500, Karl Henn wrote: > > >BROWSE SYSADM.TEST.PDSE#A2(ZZZZ) > >Command ===> > >******************************** > >-------------------------------- > > > >44444444444444444444444444444444 > >00000000000000000000000000000000 > >-------------------------------- > > > >Even though IEBCOPY (in step COPY#A1) ended with CC 00, and target > >member ZZZZ is *empty*. > > This does not show that the member is empty. It shows that it has one record > containing 32 > spaces. I assume that there are actually > 80 bytes and you truncated the display in what you posted. > > -- > Tom Marchant > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It > is intended > solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, > you are strictly > prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this > information. If you received > this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and > destroy the material in > its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain > nonpublic > personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the > Gramm-Leach-Bliley > Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information > for any purpose > other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the > information. > > 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 > If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services > from Key > send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] with 'No Promotional E-mails' in > the > SUBJECT line. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
