Re: PDS with 1 directory block

2018-06-22 Thread Steve Smith
a way to break PDSes). sas On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 4:07 AM, Greg Price wrote: > On 2018-06-22 7:53 AM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > >> I have a dim memory of learning ages ago that a PDS with 1 directory >> block is somehow 'different', that certain updates to it require fiddlin

Re: PDS with 1 directory block

2018-06-22 Thread Greg Price
On 2018-06-22 7:53 AM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: I have a dim memory of learning ages ago that a PDS with 1 directory block is somehow 'different', that certain updates to it require fiddling with the VTOC in addition to changing data on a track. Sound familiar? Once the last directory block

Re: PDS with 1 directory block

2018-06-22 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM
Fwiiw: no, doesn't ring a bell. Kees. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: 21 June, 2018 23:53 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: PDS with 1 directory block &g

PDS with 1 directory block

2018-06-21 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
, however, the PDS was unusable. The only unusual thing about this PDS was that it was created (per ISV JCL) with only 1 directory block. I have a dim memory of learning ages ago that a PDS with 1 directory block is somehow 'different', that certain updates to it require fiddling with the VTOC