>What PARMLIB member is it that allows >8 characters between periods? > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt2c190/8.6.5.1
As Paul Gilmartin posted, this is a reference to: MODIFY CATALOG,DISABLE(DSNCHECK) FWIW, I wouldn't bet that most z/OS componentry pays attention to this. It might be entertaining to try if you can make sure not to pollute your existing catalogs The support says only that it will allow you to create data sets (it does not actually say that you can necessarily use them wherever you'd want to use them). And it even warns you that you may not be able to remove them from the catalog.. I'll admit that I didn't even know that this option existed. I know of many places that validate data set names that have no knowledge of the state of this option. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
