On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:57:35 +0000, Staller, Allan wrote:
>RTFM...
>
From:
z/OS DFSMS Access Method Services Commands
SC23-6846-01
It appears to me that
DEFINE ALIAS (NAME(aliasname) RELATE(entryname) ... )
DEFINE PATH (NAME(entryname) PATHENTRY(entryname) ,,, )
...
perform equivalent functions for NONVSAM and VSAM data sets respectively.
They could have been designed as a single command, saving this novice
programmer significant confusion.
And RELATE and SYMBOLICRELATE both appear as Required Parmeters while
they are described as mutually exclusive. It strains my understanding of
logic that two parameters can both be required yet mutually exclusive.
In fact, I routinely omit SYMBOLICRELATE, so it appears not to be required.
On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 06:25:01 -0500, Walt Farrell wrote:
>
> ..., *if* you specify the PATHENTRY keyword when defining a PATH,
> [emphasis added -- gil]
>
The manual describes PATHENTRY as Required; "if" shouldn't apply. But,
as above, the authors appear to have a poor understanding of "required".
-- gil
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