Actually IEFBR14 is SR 15,15 BR 14
Lionel B. Dyck <>< Github: https://github.com/lbdyck System Z Enthusiasts Discord: https://discord.gg/sze “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 12:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IEFBR14 -- DSCB set? [WAS: Consultation on the Potential Risks of Deleting Specific Datasets] BR14 is 2 instructions LA 15,0 BR 14 Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb > On May 8, 2024, at 12:00, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > Could you be thinking of the option to write an EOF when allocating a new PS? > > -- > 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 Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> > Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 12:54 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: IEFBR14 -- DSCB set? [WAS: Consultation on the Potential > Risks of Deleting Specific Datasets] > > I remember some releases ago of z/OS that the system will effectively > do an OPEN if a DSN is created using IEFBR14. But now I can't seem to > find where that is documented. So far I can't find it in the z/OS 2.2 > or 3.1 JCL User's guide. > > I think that if the allocation specified the DCB info (LRECL, RECFM, > and blksize) that this would be put into the VTOC when > IEFBR14 was used to do the allocation. > > So in a case like this, would the last ref date be "empty"? > > Steve Thompson > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
