EXCP (execute channel program) Cyl 0 trk 0 is volume label, points to VTOC which holds DSCB records. DCSB has DSN, DSORG, RECFM, LRECL, BLKSIZE, tracks, etc.
On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 9:44 AM Billy Ashton <bill00ash...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everyone! I have a little down time here at the end of the year with > our freeze, and I wanted to play with some ideas I have had. > > I would like to write a program that can open any kind of file - PDS, > Sequential, Panvalet, loadlib, and maybe even VSAM components. I want to > open the file in "raw" format, as if I were going straight to the disk > pack and scooping up the bytes from the beginning of the allocation to > the end. > > Is there any way to do this without caring about the catalog RECFM? > Obviously, the easiest way is through some JCL parameter that says > "force as PS" but I doubt that is likely. I can't go into more detail at > present, sorry! > > What do you think? > > Thank you and best regards, > Billy Ashton > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
