On Sunday, 01/27/2008 at 03:04 EST, Fox Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

> I think the documentation (CMS Application Development Guide 
SC24-6069-02)
> should reflect that the directory is not sorted. I was browsing through 
it
> and could not find any hint on this issue. Also the CMS Callable 
Services
> Reference (SC24-6072-02) should contain a usage note referring to this.

The directory entries MAY be sorted.  The documentation for DMSGETDF is 
silent on the subject of file ordering, so a usage note that say they are 
NOT sorted would be as inappropriate as one that says they ARE sorted.

CMS sorts the directory only on ACCESS and RELEASE.  New files added 
always appear at the end of the list.

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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