A zero byte VB record is expanded to 1 blank x'40' so the minimum is a block of 9 bytes including block size and record size field.
I tried to allocate a FB 6 0 to hold a list of volsers for a table, LRL under 10 would not work. On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote: <<deleted>> > > What about RECFM=VB? What's the smallest valid block? 9? > 8? 4? (That would be a BDW with no records.) Does "Using > Data Sets" allow this? I bet I could write one with BSAM; > I wonder how QSAM would handle reading it? > > -- gil -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
