I see the confusion. The only way to have a RECFM=V instream data set is if the internal reader for the job was RECFM=V.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 8:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Variable length records for SYSIN data sets On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 22:49:49 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >What happens with > > //INFILE DD DISP=SHR,DSN=MY.VB.FILE > // DD *,DCB=(RECFM=V,LRECL=204) > >and have you reported it as a bug, citing the text that you quoted? > I haven't RTFM today, but I believe it has long been a documented restriction. I've readily used: o An Edit macro which does EXECIO to a DDNAME allocated with RECFM=VB o FTP with "QUOTE SITE FILE=JES"; "QUOTE SITE JESRECFM=V" o IEBGENER witn //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(B,INITRDR) o Etc. Not a bug; WAD. Merits an RFE. >________________________________________ >From:Frank Swarbrick >Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:11 PM > >I have a goal to concatenate a data set of variable length records >(RECFM=VB,LRECL=204) with an instream data set of fixed length characters. My >though was to add RECFM=V to my instream DD, i.e.: >//INFILE DD DISP=SHR,DSN=MY.VB.FILE >// DD *,RECFM=V,LRECL=204 > >The RECFM is rejected as being conflicting with a SYSIN dataset: >IEFC009I KEYWORD RECFM IS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WITH KEYWORD SYSIN ON THE DD >STATEMENT > >And yet the following section of the manual, "SYSIN data set" has discussion >of SYSIN data sets where "the record format is variable": >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=ssds-sysin-data-set > >But how do I actually make the SYSIN dataset variable length? > >I do realize there are probably other options to accomplish my task, but this >is bugging me. > RFE. -- 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
