Gil, Of course I can't be sure without access to the OCO source code, but I can make an educated guess based on the C RTL implementation.
I had not investigated the command ref doc for cp, I was just responding to the OP's original issue that using cp did not work. Mea culpa. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2021 1:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Copy RECFM=VBS/LRECL=X to zFS? On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 04:47:52 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > >By practical experimentation, I found that z/OS Unix awk uses fopen(). > How can you be sure? You haven't seen the source code. >I'll bet the cat utility does too but that cp uses open(). > From the UNIX Command Ref. for "cp": 1. To specify an MVS data set name, precede the name with double slashes (//). For example, to specify the fully qualified data set names 'turbo.gammalib' and 'turbo.gammalib(pgm1)', write: "//'turbo.gammalib'" "//'turbo.gammalib(pgm1)'" ... -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN