On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 02:24:50 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >It doesn't have to be FBS if you know the location of the block. > Doesn't ISPF BROWSE do something of that sort, creating an index for rapid positioning to a requested record? But it must (except for FBS?) read once to build the index.
On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 02:21:26 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Are you a betting man? > what's your proposition? -- gil