On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 09:04:38 -0500, John McKown wrote:
>
>​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.
>
Uh-oh!:
DCB for EXCP, SAM, and BPAM
z/OS DFSMSdfp Diagnosis
SC23-6863-00
...
. .1. . . . . DCBRECD "DCBBIT2"– ASCII VARIABLE FORMAT
...
. .1. . . . . DCBRECTO "DCBBIT2"– TRACK OVERFLOW
Conflict? I suppose DCBRECTO is almost obsolete.
I notice that there's also a DD CCSID parameter (also only for ASCII tapes)
which seems to provide function superior to OPTCD=Q.
Wny not DD CCSID=...,PATH=...? A field for CCSID is available in the tag.
-- gil
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