It must be Friday, Alan answered hastily like he was anxious to leave the 
office. It is A-Z, 0-9, @,#,$

Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 2:32 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Automated DDR funny - has anyone got any ideas
> 
> On Thursday, 03/11/2010 at 05:39 EST, Brian Nielsen 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The main problem to solve is still the same as the original posters'
> > problem: The DASD label might contain the special characters or
> character
> > 
> > DASD labels of @@@@@@, ¢¢¢¢¢¢, and /* */ are all valid
> 
> Sorry if I'm being unclear.  If you put a comment delimiter 
> anywhere prior to the end of a statement, it is a syntax 
> error, not a comment.
> 
>   OUTPUT 111 3390 ; comment
> 
> would not interpret the semicolon as a volid.
> 
> And while the characters you list are allowed, they are not 
> valid.  The IBM VOL1 label standard defines the label to be 
> A-Z and 0-9.  It permits other characters for compatibility, 
> but only when placed within a quoted 
> string.   I know, I know: if no one follows it, it must not 
> be much of a 
> Standard, wot?
> 
> Alan Altmark
> z/VM Development
> IBM Endicott
> 

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