On 2019-08-26, at 11:13:44, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > If you are configured for an automatic EOF on new files, then Allocation > writes the EOF before your application gets control; there is no OPEN > involved. > I understand Allocation writes no EOF if it can't determine DSORG. A silly convention since there is no harm in writing EOF on previously uncommitted space, and may be much good.
Is this one of those things where SMS must be active, even though the new data set is not SMS-controlled? > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Hawkins > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2019 11:25 PM > > Could it be that the EOF mark on the file is a DADSM function outside of the > control of the program, and that is why there is no SMF record from an > unopened, empty data set? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
