On Wed, 17 May 2023 20:20:24 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > ... >BTW: The purpose of VBS was not veeeeeeery long record, but records up >to 32k, even on DASD with shorter track. Hint: the track is natural >limit of BLKSIZE. It is no longer important since 3380 (80's), because >track size exceeded 32k. > I thought it was to support a FORTRAN tradition.
And I notice <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=descriptions-dcbconstruct-data-control-block-qsam>: - RECFM=VS or VBS cannot be specified for a UNIX file. That's bizarre! UNIX files are naturally spanned. --n gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
