Won't that break at least one of the CBT utilities that resets or extends
the PDS directory by writing to it directly?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 9:02 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] RFE opened on IEBGENER and PDS Corruption
> 
> I like the idea of the RFE but could I suggest broadening it to all
BSAM/QSAM since any
> program that writes output could do the same thing.  Put the test in the
access method to
> prevent writing a sequential dataset on top of a partitioned dataset.
> 
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> Lionel B. Dyck (TRA Contractor)
> Mainframe Systems Programmer
> Enterprise Infrastructure Support (Station 200) (005OP6.3.10)
> VA OI&T Service Delivery & Engineering
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 10:59 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RFE opened on IEBGENER and PDS Corruption
> 
> After the discussion this week on recovering a PDS after IEBGENER was used
without a
> member on SYSUT2, I went ahead and opened the following RFE (I did not
find any
> currently in RFE on this)
> 
> If you like it, please vote for it
> 
> It is asking IBM to put a test into IEBGENER to see if SYSUT2 is a PDS or
PDSE.
> And if it is, and no member is specified on the SYSUT2, to terminate the
step with an
> RC12 and message about a PDS and no member name supplied.
> 
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=90179
> 
> 
> Lizette Koehler
> statistics: A precise and logical method for stating a half-truth
inaccurately
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