The open mode string, displayed just before the call to fopen(), is "r, type=record".
The doc mentions making sure the DISP is compatible - it's DISP=(SHR,KEEP). Yes, the dataset exists. Anyone have any clues? TIA Charles Mills ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html