Thanks Peter. That pretty much confirms the negative. Oh well. Dave
At 6/23/2019 06:38 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
The end of that DFSMS section on "Variable-Length Record Formats"
does cover the VBS differences and bit settings and capabilities.
But again, I'm not aware of any existing mapping macro from IBM.
I did also mean to say to Dave that I have always seen these prefix
fields referred to as Record or Block *Descriptor* Words, not
*Control* Words., but either or both could be considered appropriate.
Peter
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Subject: Re: Mapping macro for RCWs?
Also look up spanned records (VBS)
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 14:14:39 +0000 "Farley, Peter x23353"
<[email protected]> wrote:
:>The only detailed description I've ever seen for BDW/RDW fields
is in the "DFSMS Using Data Sets" manual, chapter 20,
"Variable-Length Record Formats", pp 306-311.
:>
:>If there is a mapping macro I've never seen it.
:>
:>Peter
:>
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On Behalf Of Dave Cole
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:>Subject: Mapping macro for RCWs?
:>
:>It there a formal IBM mapping macro for RECFM=V type "Record
Control Words"?
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