On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:47:16 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: >When opening for output, the DCB used is (a) the one >specified in the program; (b) the one in the JCL; (c) the one on DASD - >in that order of priority.
Correct, but incomplete. There are exits points that can alter the DCB attributes too. >When opening for input, the priority order is >reversed (DASD, JCL, program). I don't think so, and Using Data Sets seems to say otherwise. Can you cite a reference? -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
