Here's what seems a bit more likely. Although IBM has long maintained loudly and forcefully that LISTCAT output 'is not a programming interface', every shop I've ever worked at has one or more execs that that parse LISTCAT output and take some sort of action. I can't imagine that anyone cares about 'V2', but somewhere there is at least one process that would break if the whole 'Vx' indicator were eliminated. It's weird but not broken.
. . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, December 04, 2017 8:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Since it's Friday On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 16:26:13 +0100, R.S. wrote: > >I was told it's from "VSAM Version 2", which was introduced in late >70's. So, nowadays it's completely pointless, since no supported system >could report "Version 1" for decades. > But there might yet be code extant that checks for and requires Version 2 (or higher). -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
