The requirement is in MVS; XMIT/RECEIVE doesn't add it and AFAIK zip doesn't eliminate it.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2019 5:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 21:37:42 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >The XMIT format allows for automatically creating the correct DCB information >on restore. > I see the requirement for "correct DCB information" as a weakness rather than a strength. z/OS UNIX files are more robust in imposing no such constraint. How does CBTTAPE package UNIX files, targeted either for z/OS UNIX or for desktop ancillary functions? ________________________________________ On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:11:54 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >A zipped XMI file is awkward, but it's the most robust. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
