Yaaay! But why not 32767 or 65535? Actually32760 is plenty; just curious. Try passing HLASM 32768 to witness some bizarre behavior. But BPXBATCH is happy with 65535. 32760 was picked for several reasons: its the maximum blocksize and with an 8-byte header fits nicely in 32768.
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