Shmuel Metz wrote "If you OPEN a DCB with a ddname allocated to a subsystem data set then OPEN loads a compatibility interface and opens an ACB under the covers. The subsystem sees only the ACB/RPL interface, not the DCB." . . Where in z/OS publications is this documented ?
---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" <shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SUBSYS DD REVISITED Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 18:57:46 -0500 In <20151114.112844.57...@webmail03.dca.untd.com>, on 11/14/2015 at 04:28 PM, "esst...@juno.com" <esst...@juno.com> said: >Recently a question was posted regarding SubSystem Datasets, more >appropriatly the use of a SUBSYS= parameter on a DD statement. >//DD1 DD SUBSYS=(ssn,'parms'). There's a sample subsystem on the CBT tape. >However neither technology provides a PUT/WRITE function/exit. If you OPEN a DCB with a ddname allocated to a subsystem data set then OPEN loads a compatibility interface and opens an ACB under the covers. The subsystem sees only the ACB/RPL interface, not the DCB. >Each I/O from an application with the appropriate SUBSYS statement >should be directed to my SubSystem Address Space. A subsystem does not require a separate address space. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN