On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:43:18 -0600, Michael Oujesky wrote: >Does seek() actually do a direct access? Or read, but skip the >records from the start of the file? > <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=descriptions-lseek-bpx1lsk-bpx4lsk-change-files-offset>
It doesn't say it reads. IBM's documentation policy is to document what they do and not do what they don't say they do. Dies POINT "read, but skip the records from the start of the file?" Does the Services Ref contain an affirmative denial? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
