On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:01:44 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil wrote:

>On 9/19/2013 8:56 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>> But I'll welcome a refutation, with accompanying test cases.
>
>(Un)fortunately, you won't get one. I just ran a number of tests, and in
>each case the DUMMY allocation produced both a TIOT and JFCB identical
>to the one with DSN=NULLFILE. I tried a plain entry, one with DCB
>parameters, one with a volume serial, and one with a serial and explicit
>unit address. Interestingly enough, the TIOT unit field was zero for all
>cases, but the JFCB did show the DCB and serial when used.
>
>I distinctly recall that at one time NULLFILE allocated a unit if one
>was specified, but I don't recall when (MVT?).
>
Thanks.  (Replying just to supply a searchable subject for archives.)

Thanks again,
gil

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