Mike Wood said : > > > > check the value of DCBTIOT which is increased each time QSAM/BSAM > > > > start to read the next concatenated DD
> > > Considering the future, and, hopefully, EAV being more prevalent > > > in future, a better choice than DCBTIOT is to use DSABTIOT. > > Is that due to EAV, or rather XTIOT? > Dynamic allocation options that can be exploited based on new option in R12 Are you saying that in z/OS R12, DCBTIOT may no longer be updated when GET/READ switches to the next DD in a concatenation ? In the past 35 years, to detect this type of situation in my programs, I used the fact that DCBTIOT is updated. If it no longer happens, it would be a surprise ! -- Gilbert Saint-Flour GSF Software http://gsf-soft.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
