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> On May 10, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Gerhard Postpischil <gerha...@charter.net> wrote: > >> On 5/10/2016 2:18 PM, michelbutz wrote: >> 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 > > When you backup 50 bytes from the work area, you are looking at your search > parameters DC. and VOL. OBTAIN only returns the data portion of the DSCB, > so you got exactly what you were asking for. To make this easier to work > with, define the DSN and work area consecutively, then the IECSDSL! 1 mapping > will match exactly. > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, VT > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
