A zFS is defined as a VSAM Linear Dataset. So basically VS. However, then you need to use the formatter program to make it the zFS it needs to be.
Lizette > > On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:34:49 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >>> > >>Yes, but IIRC for DSNTYPE=HFS, DSORG=PO. ?!?! Thus the absurd > >>message. > > > >I agree. This sort of thing convinces me that the HFS implementation > is > >layered on top of PDS-E support, somehow. > > > According to the classic notion of DSORG, PDSE doesn't conform to > DSORG=PO: it doesn't begin with a directory of 256-byte data blocks > with member names as keys, etc. However since PDSE provides good > compatibility with PDS at the API level, the designers did well for > customers by using DSORG=PO and not obsoleting existing code that > tests DSORG and operates accordingly, even though the cost was to > introduce a new attribute, DSNTYPE. > > Conversely, HFS has no progrmming compatibility with PDS or PDSE, > better advised to use a new DSORG for HFS, and avoid confusion of > the sort that precipitated this thread. > > What are the DSORG and DSNTYPE of a z/FS (aggregate)? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
