One problem with appending to a PDSE member is that the JCL meaning of DISP=MOD for a member is not "append"; or putting it differently, there is no current nor obvious JCL syntax for member append.
Yes, yes, of course, that is not a good reason to disallow it in other contexts. Just sayin'. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David W Noon Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 2:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: BPAM On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 12:53:40 -0600, Paul Gilmartin ([email protected]) wrote about "BPAM" (in <[email protected]>): > In a recent thread in ASSEMBLER_LIST, the OP asks if it's possible to > append to a PDS(E) member. No, because the architecture of PDS makes > this prohibitively difficult. Likewise, concurrent writing to > multiple PDS members is prohibited because of that architecture. > > But the (undisclosed) architecture of PDSE removes the second > restriction. Why not also remove the first? Clearly not all writes > to a PDSE occur at end-of-information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
