On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:53:46 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >It's BPX[WDYN] because it was written for the benefit of Unix users, although >in practice it's used a lot outside of Unix. There is no dub. > >OTOH, if you allocate a path then you probably will want to open it, and that >will cause dubbing. > I believe ALLOCATE PATH= causes momentary open() to validate, then close() of PATH. This can cause unexpected behavior when: o PATHMODE=O_EXCL. o The characteristics of PATH or process (e.g. umask) change between allocation and explicit OPEN.
Must something be dubbed (then undubbed?) for allocation to perform that hidden open()? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
