In
<45d79eacefba9b428e3d400e924d36b903a24...@iwdubcormsg007.sci.local>,
on 06/27/2010
   at 03:00 PM, "Thompson, Steve" <steve_thomp...@stercomm.com> said:

>How difficult is it to get the number of directory blocks from a PDS
>in a _____ program (where the blank can be filled in with COBOL,
>PL/1, REXX, etc., but not HLASM/ASM) and then open the data set with
>RECFM=U and then write an initial directory block followed by n empty
>blocks?

Very; you have to write the keys without update the key length in the
DSCB1. There's also the issue of PDSE.
 
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