On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 14:34:41 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > > > >>I am wondering if anyone else thinks that it might be useful for IBM > >>to make an enhancement to BSAM/QSAM support for the CCSID parameter > >>in JCL. > > > >Yes. Likewise RECFM=DB ON DASD. > > > "DB"? Hmmm. Another RECFM might require an extension area for DCBRECFM. > DB is an ASCII-only RECFM which is similar to VB, but has some strange other characteristics. It is not really "new". It is currently only supported for ASCII format, tape resident data, using OPTCD=Q (which is strictly for ASCII tape resident data). Bot Shmuel and I would like the ASCII support in BSAM/QSAM extended to any / all data sets (and UNIX files), not just "tape resident" data. > > -- gil > > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
