[Default] On 16 Dec 2016 05:34:12 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
[email protected] (Tom Marchant) wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:22:59 +0000, Vernooij, Kees wrote:
>
>>The BLKSIZE must be 4 more than LRECL for a RECFM=V dataset and 8 for a 
>>RECFM=VB dataset.
For RECFM=V LRECL includes the 4 byte RDW and there is no BDW.  I just
checked Knowledge center.

Clark Morris
>
>For a RECFM=V data set, BLKSIZE must indeed be 4 greater than LRECL. 
>That is to allow room for the Block Data Word. The Record Data Word is 
>included in LRECL. For a RECFM-VB data set, the BLKSIZE must be at 
>least 4 bytes greater than LRECL.
>
>For RECFM=VS or VBS, the BLKSIZE can be smaller than these limits.
>
>The maximum BLKSIZE for DASD is 32760.

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