On Fri, 7 Dec 2012 07:22:56 -0600, McKown, John wrote: > >I wish that IBM would "wise up". Guess what I/O interface already allows >AMODE(64) callers. The UNIX I/O calls have both AMODE(31) and AMODE(64) >variants (BPX1* and BPX4*). > Mac OS X came along recently enough that it supports only one file size model. But this caused me problems when I ported GNU findutils which is old enough that it used 32-bit integers for file sizes. I think it's better nowadays. But ZFS, reportedly 128-bit oriented, looms on the horizon.
>I wish that IBM would extend these to allow access to standard z/OS data sets. >A PDS could be viewed as a subdirectory, with each member being a file. I've >read that PDSE's can even have member names > 8 characters, but I've not run >across one yet which does. (We're a small shop and don't have much advanced >software installed). > I think base member names are restricted to 8 characters; aliases may be bigger. And the rules for program object libraries may be different from those for other PDSEs. Go figger. As I initially encountered UNIX after too much familiarity with MVS, I quickly came to appreciate the significance of the first 3 characters, "UNI". Conventions within an Operating System are not an area where I celebrate diversity. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
