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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN