SMP used to do this, and ISTR SMP/E does as well. On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 9:34 AM Schmitt, Michael <michael.schm...@dxc.com> wrote:
> And IMS. MFS Formats have non-display and lower-case letters in the member > names. > > Such as: > > ."wACOV0 > 07ACCDEF > 2F613650 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Steve Thompson > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 8:19 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Two related member generation questions > > I may not have edited these posts correctly for this, but, I > thought I should point out that an IBM product does create > "illegal" (per JCL) member names. And that would be Netview. > > In years gone by I had seen member names that were really "odd" > and found out that it was Netview that was creating them. > > So yes, an assembler programmer could do this and have done this, > because it has been done. > > Steve Thompson > > On 5/30/2023 12:11 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > > > Can't an Assembler programmer using STOW create PDS members with names > > beginning with '+', '-', '0', 'π', ... just about anything? I don't > believe it's proper > > for higher layers such as JCL to introduce syntactic restrictions > harsher than > > those of core layers. The only member name prohibited is 8X'FF', > indicaring > > the end of a PDS directory. > > > > How do LM services accessible, e.g. through REXX support member > "generations"? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
