On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:21:15 +0000, Sri h Kolusu wrote: >>> A bad LRECL on the DCB didn't have any affect - DYNALLOC, OPEN, GET all >>> worked. Coding a bad BLKSIZE causes a S013 abend. > >You need to use QSAM/BSAM to read at least 1 record for the abend to happen. > I believe the S013 abend is an OPEN failure, probably because LRECL and BLKSIZE were inconsistent. Code consistent values which disagree with the actual data.
And that might still cause an OPEN failure. PDSE, for example, might outsmart you and validate attributes. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
