1024-byte long member alias names in a *PDS*? Perhaps now, or in Unix, but not in 1988's MVS/XA or even in z/OS (whatever it was in 2013), AFAIK <grin>.
On 10/05/2021 23:53, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2021 23:32:50 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: > >> I attach the source code for aliasing members of a PDS. >> > Where I read: > * FORMAT OF SYSIN CARD IS^M > * 'MEMBER=@@...@,ALIAS=@@...@ '^M > * WHERE '@@...@' REPRESENTS A 1 TO 8 CHAR VALID MEMBER/ALIAS NAME^M > > But in Using Data Sets: > Alias names for program objects can be up to 1024 bytes long. > >> Essentially, it just sets a flag in the COFT field of the directory's >> ALIAS member and STOWs it. > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > . > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
