Should be 22 levels (A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.Q.R.S.T.U.V is a valid DSN).
Todd Burrell, PMP, ITIL Expert | Project Manager | ITSO AHB | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Contractor - HP Enterprise Services | 1600 Clifton Rd, Building 21, MS D24, RM 1300 | Atlanta, GA 30338 | 404-971-7275 (Blackberry) 404-723-2017 (Mobile) | z...@cdc.gov THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please notify the sender and delete the communication from all computers. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Babonas Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 2:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS is antique WAS: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers I don't recall the "official" limit. I did just allocate USER123.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.Q.RS Not sure what this proves...... On 11/29/2013 12:49 PM, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: > On 11/29/2013 12:36 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> There is no "limitation ... of ... 5 levels" Hasn't been for a long >> time; perhaps never was. > > While I don't remember a 5-level limit, there always was (and will > be?) a practical limit. Using every possible legal name, even at a > single level, exhausts space available on any early DASD. > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, Vermont > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
