On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 11:35:41 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >Sure. The OP just asked PDS/PDSE so I focused on that. > >Lots of variations. What about dataset accessed as a QSAM file but actually >PDS/PDSE member? FWIW the distinction goes away for USS -- every file is a >"member" of a directory. > Sometimes that directory and membership are fictitious, as for /dev/fd/0.
And ISPF is woefully ignorant of the similarity. For example, if in DDLIST I select a PDS with V(iew), DSLIST opens a member list with View as the point-and-shoot selection default. If in UDLIST I select a UNIX directory with V(iew), I get a failure, "Invalid file type". Why doesn't UDLIST do as DSLIST does and show a list of members in that directory? As for the sequential allocation of a PDS member you mention, I was dismayed to learn that OPEN sets DCBDSORG to PO, not PS. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
