I am guessing the LRECL-256 is handy when reading the directory? The loader handles reading the actual programs. On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:41 PM Brian Westerman <brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I had an "interesting" conversation today. Apparently some of the libraries > shipped by some vendors or at least the directions to define them specify > RECFM=U,LRECL=256. I had never considered LRECL as an valid option when > defining a load library and so always coded RECFM=U,LRECL=0. > > Is there any advantage to LRECL=256 that I am missing? > > I'm used to seeing load library block sizes in various values, but LRECL I > had thought was always a constant. I looked it up in the IBM manual and the > best I can see is that it says that LRECL=0 is "only valid for RECFM=U > datasets". Which doesn't tell me very much or answer the question. > > I know that LRECL=256 works, apparently SoftwareAG has shipped their load > libraries as RECFM=U,LRECL=256,BLKSIZE=6144 for more years than I have been a > systems programmer, but I can't find anywhere where there seem to be any > "rules". > > Anyone have a answer for this? Is it possible that for RECFM=U that LRECL is > plain old "ignored:? > > Brian > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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