Yeah, I see the case for 8-character consistency since TSO seems to be the weirdo here, but I'm hard-pressed (much as I'd like to see it) to find a case for changing the other areas. It ain't broke...
On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Clark Morris <cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > While I agree that the control block (and SMF record) limitations on > Jobname, proc step name and step name will be expensive to overcome, > we need to come up with a case for it being worth doing. The name > limitations don't seem to be present in the Unix/Linux and Windows > environments and both may use Unicode for at least some of the names. > File names also may need to be reviewed. The fun will be the > transition. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN