> No, it doesn't. The 255 byte limit for ISPF edit was removed with ISPF 4.1 > in 1994. > The limit was changed then to 32760 for fixed length records and 32756 for > variable length records.
Now I am really confused. Wasn't it you who quoted from the ISPF help panels that maximum record length for RECFM=V data sets is 32752? I had wondered about that and verified it: ISPF really stops at 32752. I even refilled the data set with IEBDG, and that (while I didn't count the characters, the pattern in my downloaded copy ended at the exact same letter) also ended at 32752. Strangely enough, the data set *is* defined as lrecl=32756, recfm=v, and IEBDG didn't have a problem with that. So why the loss of 4 more data bytes? I went back to the books (mostly 'Using data sets') trying to find where the maximum LRECL for a RECFM=V data set is mentioned, but all I found were descriptions of RDW and BDW. Eventually I concluded that the 8 byte difference between recfm=V and recfm=F in terms of actual data is due to at least one BDW and at least one RDW, each 4 byte long. And the RDW is counted in the lrecl. Is that right? Barbara ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
