I don't see the problem, just use PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE(MAYBE) :-) Mark Jacobs
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Mark Zelden Sent: Thu 9/18/2008 4:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: I love this job (was Re: PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE) On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:58:29 -0500, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was forced to test >this some weeks back as a work around to problem on one of our >z/OS 1.9 systems (see HIPER APAR OA25618 - PTFs available 07/17/08). > >(** Most, not all... see recent DFSMSdss APAR OA21934) > Bug #1 - OA25618. Work around: PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE(YES) Bug #2 - OA21934. Work around: PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE(NO) Got it? Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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