On 2017-03-21, at 05:40, R.S. wrote:

> W dniu 2017-03-20 o 22:39, Paul Gilmartin pisze:
>> 
>> 
>> Why isn't LRECL=32767 allowed for RECFM=VBS?  A 32767-byte record
>> might span blocks that don't exceed 32760.
> (a little bit off-topic)
> 
> Actually you can have PS with LRECL=32767, but you cannot specify this in JCL.
>  ...

I encountered a component (I forget which) which has a strange
threshold.  IIRC, it allowed 32761 but failed 32762.  Perhaps
Compare to 32761, then BLE where the coder intended BL?

BPXWDYN syntax does not support LRECL(X), but one can code
LRECL(32768) for the same effect.

-- gil

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