On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:58:32 +0200, Peter Sylvester wrote: >Joe Monk seems right with the déjà vu: > >If you have an iebcopy unload file transferred (as binary), the outmost layer >of the rdws an bdws >are simply gone. > I have been able to preserve them by overriding with //SYSUT1 DD DCB=RECFM=U.
>On the PC, the data are simply concatenated. not was to retrieve the >blocks/records usin ind$file. >Ok, so be it. > >This is not a catastrophy. > It's a catastrophe unless thee block structure can be reconstructed. Is it known that the creator of the archive ever restored it? I've known programmers who created backups and never tested the restore process. >Peter Farley gave a link > > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.2.0?topic=format-introduction > >That documentation describes the record formats for IEBCOPY unload datasets, > >btw: > > - this doc is like the old french minitel services, a maximum number of > small paragraphs, one per >page. And the examples are just images. well. > > - the dasdload command in hercules is also a good source of info. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
