I don't think anyone has mentioned that X'C0' (left brace in the U.S.)
is valid in a member name. I didn't test to see whether it's allowed
in the first position; probably not.
X'C0' is also valid in a dsname on a non-SMS volume, but it's now
broken in that you can't catalog it any more. Get "NOT CATLGD 9".
Again, I didn't try it in the first position which almost certainly is
not allowed.
Regarding the limit of 8 characters between periods in a dsname, that
was a requirement in OS CVOL days. Seems to me that that validity
test can and should be removed now that CVOLs are long long dead
dead. I could see requiring any levels in an MLA alias restricted to
8 characters. Why is left as an exercise to the reader.
/Leonard
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