Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

At 05:54 -0700 on 10/25/2011, Charles Mills wrote about Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler: My conclusion was the following sequence -- and there may be other details that are significant, but this is my best guess as to the significant details: 1. OPEN DCB, no error 2. GET DCB --> Dr

Re: GDG

At 14:52 -0700 on 10/25/2011, Steve Thompson wrote about Re: GDG: Do you actually mean version or generation? I ask this because now and then someone actually means version (rarely). And what you asked could be either. Version will be A.B.C.G0001V00 then A.B.C.G0001V01. Generation will be A

Re: Our community strengths

Hi Steve, I frequently run into people who remember the IBM ad about the servers being stolen, but they have really been consolodated onto the one mainframe.  There weren't any follow on ads about how well that worked out for the company, nothing with the worried and frightened looking boss

Re: ABEND0F8-20

Shane, Actually Dave asked 2 questions, the more pressing of them (to me anyway) being the first, "Does anyone know what an abend s0f8-20 means..." His second question "...can anyone confirm or deny..." was the one answered by Tom, but I will admit that I didn't know what he meant by his respo

Re: Our community strengths

I'd vote for the latter. Maybe the new CEO will set us straight. _http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Names-Virginia-Rometty-as-Ne w-CEO-635855/_ (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Names-Virginia-Rometty-as-New-CEO-635855/) In a message dated 10/25/2011 9:36:15 P.M. C

Re: ABEND0F8-20

>More than sufficient - and understandable. Not for all of us. I truly did NOT understand the response. If I did, I wouldn't have said I didn't. Not all of us know everything, despite claims to the contrary. Just because you understood it, doesn't mean the rest of us are so enlightened! - Ted Mac

Re: Our community strengths

On 10/25/2011 7:36 PM, Dale Miller wrote: OK, so we squabble, and disagree, but it is my belief that this community has in its membership many of the giants who built a technological marvel that underpins our society today, or at least would do so if management could be induced to extend its even

Re: Our community strengths

I agree. And with z/OS, it's even worse than other. Windows is just a pile of shit that management understands why so many techies are needed to keep it running. We run z/OS with 3.5 (manager is a techie part of the time). We maintain much more of the company core business than Windows. But it's in

Re: ABEND0F8-20

On the contrary - Dave asked a question, you answered it. More than sufficient - and understandable. Shane .. On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:22:33 -0400 Tom Harper wrote: > Maybe I was too brief. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / a

Our community strengths

OK, so we squabble, and disagree, but it is my belief that this community has in its membership many of the giants who built a technological marvel that underpins our society today, or at least would do so if management could be induced to extend its event-horizon beyond the current fiscal

Re: ABEND0F8-20

In <47d6ad63e3c0b4448c47ec031da080f525e6540...@mail34.thoughtbus.com>, on 10/25/2011 at 08:22 PM, Tom Harper said: >Maybe I was too brief. So was ted; he had no attribution line. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

In <4433525376678963.wa.paulgboulderaim@bama.ua.edu>, on 10/25/2011 at 11:37 AM, Paul Gilmartin said: >Were it my choice, I'd define a new code page with LF at 0x15 and NEL >at 0x25 to validate the OEMVS311 translation table. That would cause problems for data where LF really means LF and

Re: ABEND0F8-20

Maybe I was too brief. It means that the only SVC allowed to be issued above the bar is ABEND. Tom - Original Message - From: Ted MacNEIL [mailto:eamacn...@yahoo.ca] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 08:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: ABEND0F8-20 >Only ABEND. All others disal

Re: ABEND0F8-20

>Only ABEND. All others disallowed. What does this response even mean? - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu wi

Re: GDG

Ah yes, I had forgotten about that little SMS goody. OP just needs to be sure that the file looks as if it had been opened for output and closed with no records written. . . JO.Skip Robinson SCE Infrastructure Technology Services Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-30

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

In <1505488263-1319523459-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-690171122-@b11.c1.bise6.blackberry>, on 10/25/2011 at 06:17 AM, Ted MacNEIL said: >There is also the group that is like a dog with a bone and has >nothing better to do but bitch about a TLA that even IBM uses in both >contexts.

Re: Lines per page - IDCAMS output

In <8447645509998585.wa.chris.hilliardnorfolk@bama.ua.edu>, on 10/25/2011 at 09:49 AM, Chris Hilliard said: >Curious if anyone knows whether or not you can change the lines per >page for IDCAMS output. There's a design principle from OS/360 that all utilities should be callable as subrou

Re: SRBEPA

In , on 10/24/2011 at 05:41 PM, John Gilmore said: >You're out of line, Shmuel. Well, someone is. >You may prefer 'dispatch' to 'despatch', >but they are equally legitimate alternative spellings. Were the issue the general English meaning of the word, you'd have a point. But the issue here

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

In <7610032482685059.wa.elardus.engelbrechtsita.co...@bama.ua.edu>, on 10/25/2011 at 10:00 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht said: >Perhaps they only cut the human readable part, but forgot to cut the >hex part of the same details... ;-D Or forgot to cut out the octal. >Whoever cut that paper has prob

Re: ABEND0F8-20

Dave, Only ABEND. All others disallowed. Tom - Original Message - From: David Cole [mailto:dbc...@colesoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 07:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: ABEND0F8-20 Does anyone know what an abend s0F8-20 means? Code 20 is not documented even in R1.13'

Re: GDG

Skip, IIEFBR14 will not but if it SMS managed and you have the right parameter in IGDSM00 (?) that inserts EOF at allocation time. Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@b

ABEND0F8-20

Does anyone know what an abend s0F8-20 means? Code 20 is not documented even in R1.13's MVS System Codes manual. I suspect it means that you cannot issue an SVC instruction from above the bar. Can anyone confirm or deny that? Thanks, Dave Cole REPLY TO: dbc...@colesoft.com ColeS

How to Disassemble the SDSF Parms Load Module

I have lost the source for the SDSF Load Module I am running Is there a tool (other than the disassembler) to recapture the source from the load module.  Create the actual SDSF Parm deck? Lizette -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / s

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

On 10/24/2011 2:10 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote: A programmer I am working with is getting a file from Unix which will be sent to the mainframe. This will be using FTP. The process is we receive the file from the Unix system and it is placed on a Windows 2008 server. Then from the Windows 2008 it

Re: VTAM Generic Resource affinity

Magen There's a lot to be said for reading the manual! At the end of the section on "Partner LU mapping" in the section on "Generic resources" in the z/OS Communications Server SNA Network Implementation Guide, we find the following: VTAM will delete VTAM owned affinities when the last sessi

Re: GDG

Do you actually mean version or generation? I ask this because now and then someone actually means version (rarely). And what you asked could be either. Version will be A.B.C.G0001V00 then A.B.C.G0001V01. Generation will be A.B.C.G0001V00 then A.B.C.G0002V00 This makes a big difference in wh

VTAM Generic Resource affinity

Hi, We recently defined 2 CICS tor regions under a VTAM generic resource (2 way plex 1 tor on every lpar), the connecting partners are 30 servers which are connecting as LU 6.2. When restarting a server it always connect to the same owning resource. I have issued a command : d net,graff,lu=xx

Re: GDG

Depending on what the 'compare program' does, you may need to include the proper attributes (RECFM, LRECL, etc.) on the dummy GDG member as well as mark immediate EOF. ISPF 3.2 will do all this for you. IEFBR14 will not. . . JO.Skip Robinson SCE Infrastructure Technology Services Electric Drag

Re: GDG

Use any suitable utility to create an empty file for use the first time. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Thomas Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: GDG Hi, I have a requireme

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

First, my short list for unexpected/undesired translations is: Windows. IIRC, the only way to prevent this is to use the binary (image) FTP command -and- suffix the file .BIN. I do seem to recall a FTP option on some flavors of *nix that causes z/os to run the data all together. Some digging

ITDS with SDBM backend - Accessing RACF Custom Fields

Hi: I have posted the following question to the RACF list with no success so far, so i will give a try here. It is an LDAP question, as a matter of fact. We have implemented IBM TIVOLI Directory Server with SDBM (RACF) backend (z/OS 1.11). On the other hand, we have a USER custom field defined

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

Elardus, When we were debugging the many bugs in the first PSF we had the occasions to send listings to the PSF people along with various traces etc etc. I always asked the user if there were any issues with sending sensitive data (trading information) he asked who we were sending it to and

Re: redbook site?

Doesn't work here either on IE8, stops after it's downloaded part of it. solution, save it first, then open it, that works. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu w

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:43 PM, McKown, John wrote: > > On most ASCII UNIX system, the end-of-line character is a single LF > (LineFeed) or 0x0A. > On Windows, the normal end-of-line is a 0x0D0A (CRLF or > CarriageReturn-LineFeed). > On z/OS UNIX, in EBCDIC, the end-of-line character is the NL (

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:37:27 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > on 10/24/2011 at 05:56 PM, Paul Gilmartin said: > >>Ummm. Not quite. z/OS Unix System Services uses EBCDIC NL (x'15') >>as the new line indication. > >For EBCDIC files, but I believe that it still uses LF for other >character

Re: Management Class - expiration of dataset

Jake, The JCL Reference manual is fairly clear - "Use the EXPDT parameter to set the expiration date of a data set." It also says: "Code the EXPDT parameter when you want to specify an expiration date for the data set, or, with SMS, override the expiration date defined in the data class for t

Re: Management Class - expiration of dataset

Jake: I'm guessing that your user set an expiration date with the JCL EXPDT keyword. If that is correct, then the following applies to his data set. The JCL keyword EXPDT, doesn't have the same significance as a management class expiration date. EXPDT causes the system to protect the data se

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Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

Charles Mills wrote: >> What about usage of FREEPOOL macro just after the CLOSE macro? > >1. Should not be required with RMODE31=BUFF, which I coded. Thanks. It is indeed not required. I asked, because I did not see any CLOSE macros in your posts. Anyway, thanks again. >2. Problem does not *a

Re: GDG

I have had this requirement my self several times. The solution depended on what the compare was for. When I needed to identify new work to do, I created an empty first generation. But when the compare was looking for status changes for defined items, I created an empty first generation and the

Re: Management Class - expiration of dataset

Hola Greg, "That's a bit confusing to me (and perhaps others, based on the lack of response) - could you clarify a little what you are asking about?" Without the management class is it possible to specify expiration date for a dataset ?, But What i understood from the IBM manual is that it needs

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

> What about usage of FREEPOOL macro just after the CLOSE macro? 1. Should not be required with RMODE31=BUFF, which I coded. 2. Problem does not *appear* to have anything to do with buffers or buffer pools. "If you don't issue FREEPOOOL, QSAM will branch to a random address rather than your EOD ad

Re: redbook site?

Walt Farrell wrote: >All versions of Firefox. I've seen it using the Adobe Reader plug-in, and I've >also seen it with at least one other PDF viewer plug-in. Sometimes, for small >enough PDFs it works. Often, for larger PDFs, it doesn't unless I choose to >save the PDF rather than viewing it in

Re: GDG

It would depends on the requirements. If on day one, nothing is to be considered new or different (not sure what the compare is reporting), then copying G1 to G2 before the compare would work. On the other hand, if on day one, everything is to be considered new or different, as part of the roll

Lines per page - IDCAMS output

Curious if anyone knows whether or not you can change the lines per page for IDCAMS output. It appears to be set to something like 52. On occasion we need to print off rather large LISTCAT listings. In the interest of saving paper, being able to fill up the page would be useful. I serached t

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > He should have been happy that he didn't receive dumps with holes[1] cut in > them, as happened to a colleague of mine. :-D :-D :-D In a galaxy far far away, I was ordered (!) to create a new layout for a 3800 printer output. A test run was done with 'live'

Re: GDG

Copy the first file. Now you have 2 files. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Thomas Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: GDG Hi, I have a requirement where we need to compare

Re: redbook site?

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:34:29 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >What version of Firefox and what PDF viewer (and version) are you using? Adobe >or other PDF viewer like Foxit? All versions of Firefox. I've seen it using the Adobe Reader plug-in, and I've also seen it with at least one other P

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

In <1319493748.39886.yahoomail...@web65509.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>, on 10/24/2011 at 03:02 PM, Scott Ford said: >For NOTEPAD++, which I also use, you will need to make sure that the >file that arrives into Windows has the x'0D0A' , as Shmuel said its >the CRLF characters. Technically, CR, CRLF, L

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

In <13480272.1319492471668.javamail.r...@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net>, on 10/24/2011 at 05:41 PM, Lizette Koehler said: >I have tried several tests. There are hexadecimal editors available that will treat all 256 octets as just data, displaying CRLF as 0D0A. If you have one availabl

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

In , on 10/24/2011 at 10:00 PM, Anne & Lynn Wheeler said: >but all the 2741 characters were defined in EBCDIC. For the standard golfball. I don't believe that the APL and NLS EBCDIC code pages existed in 1968. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: redbook site?

We have IE 7. I did what one person suggested and rather than open it, just saved it. That worked for me, but it's still annoying! Anne D. Crabtree System Programmer WV Office of Technology Data Center 1900 Kanawha Blvd East Charleston, WV 25305 (304)558-5914 ext 58292 (304)558-1441 fax

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

In <1319499745.52174.yahoomail...@web122104.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, on 10/24/2011 at 04:42 PM, Frank Swarbrick said: >What method is being used to transport the file from the UNIX box to >the Windows box? It should not be a "straight binary" transfer >because, as you've noticed, this does not con

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

In , on 10/25/2011 at 01:01 AM, "Robert A. Rosenberg" said: >Query - When he submitted the bug-demonstration program did the >submitted documentation explain that the bug had been encountered in >a live program and that the submitted one had been specially written >to demonstrate only the b

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

In , on 10/24/2011 at 07:31 PM, Tony Harminc said: >On 24 October 2011 18:20, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > wrote: And sent a corrected[1] version :-( >For some values of UNIX. Well, z/OS Unix uses NL and *bsd isn't certified as Unix. Is z/OS the only oddball, or are there others? >Logically

Re: GDG

In <0524280585683176.wa.ron5174gmail@aime.ua.edu>, on 10/25/2011 at 06:01 AM, Ron Thomas said: >I have a requirement where we need to compare the current version and >previous version of a GDG file. The job is newly created and when it >runs 1'st time this will be a issue as the there is

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

In <1887362737215400.wa.paulgboulderaim@bama.ua.edu>, on 10/24/2011 at 05:56 PM, Paul Gilmartin said: >Ummm. Not quite. I know; I realized the error[1] after I had sent it. EBCDIC New Line is NL; NEL is a different character. The value X'25' is correct for neither. >Ummm. Not quite. z

Re: redbook site?

Walt Farrell wrote: >If you're using Firefox, I have often found (not just with the IBM Redbooks >site) that trying to view a PDF in Firefox would hang. However, right-clicking >the link and choosing "Save Link As" always seems to work. What version of Firefox and what PDF viewer (and version)

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

Charles Mills wrote: >I was a little crabby after 2+ days wasted on this. Of course. I would also get jumpy if I still can't resolve a problem which happens now and then without any dumps, messages, etc, while using all diagnostic aids available. [1] >My conclusion was the following sequence -

Re: Management Class - expiration of dataset

Jake, I'm not sure the quoted answer you got was worded quite right - the ACS routines are called when data sets are allocated, so I don't think they can't be said to "track" anything. Your original question was: "Does it mean the dataset has taken the expiration date into account ?" That

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:20 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25' > > In > <6598855.1319487

Re: HSM recycle% with STK VSM SL8500

It depends on the needs of the client. No harm will come from this conflict. The worst case is some operational inefficiency. If the VTV is in-use by dfHSM for whatever reason, the reclaim function will be incomplete If it is in the process of reclaim, dfHSM will wait for the VTV to become avail

Re: redbook site?

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:56:36 -0400, Crabtree, Anne D wrote: >Anyone else having trouble downloading pdfs from the ibm redbook site? I >tried all day yesterday and this morning and it just stops and then gets >stuck. I've tried several different books with the same result.. nothing! >Don't

Re: redbook site?

Anne: Last week (or so) I had the same issue and gave up. I will try again in a month or so. Ed From: "Crabtree, Anne D" To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 7:56 AM Subject: redbook site? Anyone else having trouble downloading pdfs from th

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Re: redbook site?

Ok thanks... must be us... Anne D. Crabtree System Programmer WV Office of Technology Data Center 1900 Kanawha Blvd East Charleston, WV 25305 (304)558-5914 ext 58292 (304)558-1441 fax -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Rich

Re: redbook site?

It is definitely slower than normal, but it is completing downloads. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Crabtree, Anne D Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: redbook site? Anyone else

Re: GDG

I suppose that this can happens to the gdgbase too. You can check if a base exist and so you can create it if is not. So, at the same step you can allocate first version and manage with different rc if you want to compare with a dummy or a -1 I'm wrong?

Re: GDG

>Remember that when you create your +1 gen the oldest will fall off. Not necessarily. It (always) depends on your GDG limit. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acce

Re: redbook site?

I just downloaded SG24-7833-01, with no problems. I am using DAP to make things go faster Gadi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Crabtree, Anne D Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: redb

redbook site?

Anyone else having trouble downloading pdfs from the ibm redbook site? I tried all day yesterday and this morning and it just stops and then gets stuck. I've tried several different books with the same result.. nothing! Don't know if it's us or them... Anne D. Crabtree System Programmer WV O

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

Peter - Thanks for your reply. Sorry if my opinions seemed harsh -- I would call them realistic. I was a little crabby after 2+ days wasted on this. IBM is entitled to prioritize its business efforts in any way it sees fit. My experience with the PMR process gives me the opinion that it would not

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

Correction: In <6598855.1319487016267.javamail.r...@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net>, on 10/24/2011 at 04:10 PM, Lizette Koehler said: >A programmer I am working with is getting a file from Unix which will >be sent to the mainframe. This will be using FTP. What are the original and fi

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

Chris - I wasn't offended . Me using the USS term for unix system service is because this is how I was intruduce to the Z/os Unix when I first got into the Z/os ( it was OS\390 2.10 and not so long ago ) and it probably will stay always USS for me. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Bonno, Tuco

Re: SRBEPA

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:20:46 + Bill wrote: > Why can't we all just eschew obfuscation? A modicum of clarity wouldn't go astray either. Funny how the folks that perhaps have the most reason to muddy the waters (given corporate resistance to candor) are amongst the most direct. Plaudits to Pete

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

If you don't have anything useful to say there are many subscribers who would say don't bother to post. and others who would say, "you don't have to go to every gunfight you're invited to" /s/ tuco bonno; Graduate, College of Conflict Management; University of SouthEast Asia; "I p

Re: SRBEPA

Why can't we all just eschew obfuscation? Bill Fairchild -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: SRBEPA >You may prefer 'dispatch' to 'desp

Re: GDG

W dniu 2011-10-25 13:01, Ron Thomas pisze: I have a requirement where we need to compare the current version and previous version of a GDG file. The job is newly created and when it runs 1'st time this will be a issue as the there is no version. Pls advise how we need to address in this scner

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

You should read your own reply and heed it. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Mason Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confu

Re: GDG

How detailed is your requirement, a simple compare can be done using the old IEBCOMPR utility. -Original Message- From: Ron Thomas [mailto:ron5...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 7:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: GDG Hi, I have a requirement where we need to compare

Re: GDG

> > I have a requirement where we need to compare the current version and previous > version of a GDG file. The job is newly created and when it runs 1'st time this will be a > issue as the there is no version. Pls advise how we need to address in this scneraio. > > > Regards > Ron > > ---

Re: GDG

> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ron Thomas > > Hi, > > I have a requirement where we need to compare the current version and previous version of a GDG file. > The job is newly created and when it runs 1'st time this will be a issue as the there is

GDG

Hi, I have a requirement where we need to compare the current version and previous version of a GDG file. The job is newly created and when it runs 1'st time this will be a issue as the there is no version. Pls advise how we need to address in this scneraio. Regards Ron

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

At 21:12 -0500 on 10/24/2011, Chris Mason wrote about Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler: This reminded me of a program - in Fortran IIRC - where, in order to clarify a problem for the newly established IBM system for reporting problems (around 1968, SE to CE - or FE in some geographi