There is a bit in the Format 1 DSCB for the data set, DS1ENCRP, that is on if the data set is encrypted.
MVS/QuickRef displays a YES or NO value for each data set in its DSNLIST report. We get that from that bit in the F1 DSCB in the VTOC. You can get that information without opening the data set. Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 3:30 PM Radoslaw Skorupka <r.skoru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I mean "pervasive encryption" - datasets encrypted using z/OS facilities. > Usually one can check whether dataset is encrypted by using ISPF/PDF > Info or LISTCAT. > However when a dataset is accessed "from outside" - i.e. via shared > DASD, the result of open attempt is usually an abend x13. > There are some exceptions, rather low-level like print track. Obviously > the content is unreadable. > Now the question: is there any eye catcher or signature which allow to > recognize it is actually encrypted file, not just bunch of random bytes? > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
