Motivated by recent discussion of SMP/E support for UNIX files, I read:
SMP/E for z/OS  IBM 
Reference SA23-2276-30
  Hierarchical file system element MCS
    The hierarchical file system element MCSs describe elements located in a 
UNIX file
    system. Hierarchical file system elements can have any of the following
    characteristics:
    o The record format (RECFM) must be F, FA, FM, FB, FBA, FBM, V, VA, VM, VB, 
VBA, or VBM.
    o Elements with variable-length records cannot contain spanned records. 
    o The maximum LRECL is 32,654. 
    o The records can be numbered or unnumbered.

WTF!?  ROFL!  Someone sure talks UNIX with an MVS accent.

On Mon, 13 May 2019 10:35:47 -0500, John McKown wrote:
>This has made me wonder. One thing I like about UNIX (or Windows) files is
>that they don't impose any structure on the data. ...

Yeah, right.

-- gil

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