Lizette, You are not misunderstanding the situation. The documentation is clear, and Tom Ross has removed the last vestige of ambiguity (if in fact there was any).
Qua sysprog, I am sure thjat you are aware that PDSEs are problematic early in an IPL process; but none of these problems obtains for COBOL APs. Tom Ross and his colleagues are to be applauded for having taken this step. It was long, long overdue; and COBOL shops are now being dragged, kicking and screaming as usual, into the last lustrum of the 20th century John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN