Thanks, Skip; I knew I wasn't (totally) losing my mind...I will create a JCL member now called FIXBLKSZ and see if I can find it if I need it again! B
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > You remember correctly. In my first IT job as a programmer trainee, I came > to be the 'test proclib fixer'. Some yahoo would copy a member into > it--specifying incorrect blocksize I suppose--and alter the library's > blocksize. I would get a help call. I would run IIRC a dummy IEBUPDATE job > with a null SYSUT1 and a SYSUT2 that specified the correct blocksize. > > As long as the DSCB blocksize is at least as large as the largest actual > member data, no error occurs. But if DSCB is set smaller, attempts to > access a larger member gets I/O error. At least that's how it was in 1978. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bill Ashton > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 10:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):How to fix blocksize of PDS > > Hello friends...I ran some job some time in the past, and it whacked my > PDS blocksize (and reset it to the LRECL). > > I thought I remembered that there is a slick little job I can run to reset > it back to what I need, but I can't remember the particulars. I know it did > not involve copying the file, but IIRC, I had only to open the file, and > use a disp of old,keep with the correct DCB. > > Am I remembering correctly, or is my old brain showing errors? > Billy > > -- > Thank you and best regards, > *Billy Ashton* > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Thank you and best regards, *Billy Ashton* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
