On 2015-07-29, at 15:59, Staller, Allan wrote:

> PATH  does not equal ALIAS in VSAM...
>  
How are they different?  In my experience they're just commands
with different names that do the same thing.

> <snip>
> BTW, is there any good reason that an alias for a non-VSAM data set is called 
> an ALIAS while an alias for a VSAM data set is called a PATH?
> (Might some object have both, in which case the distinction is meaningful?)
> </snip> 

-- gil

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