On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > Right. A part and parcel of the whole package. Extend BSAM/QSAM to honour CCSID on the JOB and DD for any input or output source, not just ASCII tapes. > > -- 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
