AFAIK, there no PDSE in CMS OS simulation. I'd have to check the z/VM documentation to be sure.
That said, I abandoned EXEC and EXEC2 once REXX was available. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2024 9:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Reading a scratch tape On Sun, 11 Feb 2024 13:44:16 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >EXEC2 didn't exist in 1971. > But later, could EXEC2 read a PDSE? >________________________________________ >From: Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> >Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2024 8:09 PM > >I would assume that it's difficult or impossible with PDSE, but that there is >less need in PDSE2, due to generations. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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