On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:24:04 +0000, Pommier, Rex wrote: >What I remember from a discussion long ago was that the reason a VBS dataset >can't be put back together again is that when the VBS dataset is sent to a >Windows intermediary, some of the binary metadata defining the records and >blocks is lost by the Windows side, making it impossible to recreate the VBS >on the other end. Whether this is actually true or not, that's what I recall. > Going straight z/OS to z/OS that metadata is retained. > In another experiment with the RDW option a get from MVS to desktop put RDW images in the data stream. But a put back to MVS resulted in double RDWs in the MVS data set. It appears that coders misunderstood the intent of the designers.
And MVS-to-MVS with STRU R caused segments of a VBS data set to be broken into individual records. IBM could have done better. Any one else would have done better. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
