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The XL3 is _binary_ composed of two fields: XL1'YY' & XL2'DDD'. Example: **CCHHR- 0000000105 RECORD LENGTH- 00008C 000000 E3C3 D7C9 D74B E2C5 D9E5 C9C3 C5E2 4040 4040 4040 4040 4040 4040 4040 4040 4040 *TCPIP.SERVICES * E3-- XC XC UNPKU MVCK STH STH STH STH STH STH STH STH STH * * 000020 4040 4040 4040 4040 4040 4040 F1D3 C9C8 E3E2 F100 01*6C* *004E* 0000 0001 0000 C9C2 * 1LIH* STH STH STH STH STH STH MVO E3-- MVO *TS1..%.+......IB* 000040 D4D6 E2E5 E2F2 4040 4040 406C 004E 2000 0000 4000 9000 6D10 0050 0000 0082 C000 *MOSVS2 %.+..* NC UNPKUUNPKU STH STH STH LPDR STH STM DD LARL *.. ..._..&......* 000060 0001 0000 01AE C800 0081 0000 1300 0000 1300 0E00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 *......H.........* MVCOS LCR LCR MVCL *................* 000080 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 *............ * x'6c' is 108d. Add 1900 to that makes 2008. x'004E' is 78d which is 03/18. ISPF option 3.4 data inquiry shows this: Data Set Name . . . . : TCPIP.SERVICES General Data Current Allocation Management class . . : **None** Allocated cylinders : 1 Storage class . . . : **None** Allocated extents . : 1 Volume serial . . . : LIHTS1 Device type . . . . : 3390 Data class . . . . . : **None** Organization . . . : PS Current Utilization Record format . . . : FB Used cylinders . . : 1 Record length . . . : 80 Used extents . . . : 1 Block size . . . . : 27920 1st extent cylinders: 1 Secondary cylinders : 1 Dates Data set name type : Creation date . . . : 2008/03/18 SMS Compressible. . : NO Referenced date . . : 2008/03/18 Expiration date . . : ***None*** On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 1:18 PM, michelbutz <michealb...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi > > Using an example in the DFSSMS advanced services guide I got strange > output from OBTAIN > With CAMLST > > OBTAIN DSCB > DSCB. CAMLST SEARCH,DSABC,VOL,WORKAREA > DSABC. DC. CL44'data.set.name' > VOL. DC. CL6'VOLSER' > WORKAREA DS CL140 > > Register 15 returned a zero > > WORKAREA pointed to a '1' indicating a format1 > DSCB then a volser when I back up the address of WORKAREA by 50 bytes I > got the 44 bytes dataset name followed by the volser followed by a '1' > followed by the volser again > The 2 byte volseq field didn't seem to make any sense and the 3 byte > creation date had some binary number not a EBCDIC representation that I > would expect > > > Sent from my iPhone > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- The unfacts, did we have them, are too imprecisely few to warrant our certitude. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN