Name Syntax (was: Re: LOAD parm question)

2006-06-02 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Arthur T. said: Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 19:50:38 -0400 Actually, that's restriction of JCL and various programs which access PDSes. Actual member names can be (almost?) any characters. I've been in the position of having to delete a member which had a lower

Re: LOAD parm question

2006-06-01 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/31/2006 at 07:50 PM, Arthur T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I've been in the position of having to delete a member which had a lower case letter as part of its name. SMP made the sky Fall (James Blish, Cities in Flight) gdr -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,

LOAD parm question

2006-05-31 Thread Goings, Rob
Greetings Listers. Question regarding the LOAD parameter. The suffix of the IODFxx has to be within a valid Hex range of 00-FF Does the same restriction apply to the LOAD suffix. Does it have to be 00-FF or can I use any two characters? The IBM manual does not state any restriction, but I

Re: LOAD parm question

2006-05-31 Thread R.S.
Goings, Rob wrote: Greetings Listers. Question regarding the LOAD parameter. The suffix of the IODFxx has to be within a valid Hex range of 00-FF Does the same restriction apply to the LOAD suffix. Does it have to be 00-FF or can I use any two characters? The IBM manual does not state

Re: LOAD parm question

2006-05-31 Thread Hall, Ken (GTI)
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: [IBM-MAIN] LOAD parm question Greetings Listers. Question regarding the LOAD parameter. The suffix of the IODFxx has to be within a valid Hex range of 00-FF Does the same restriction apply to the LOAD suffix. Does it have to be 00-FF or can I use

Re: LOAD parm question

2006-05-31 Thread Clark, Kevin D, HRC-Alexandria/EDS
can quote a ANSI Standard. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Goings, Rob Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: LOAD parm question Greetings Listers. Question regarding the LOAD parameter

Re: LOAD parm question

2006-05-31 Thread R.S.
Subject: LOAD parm question Greetings Listers. Question regarding the LOAD parameter. The suffix of the IODFxx has to be within a valid Hex range of 00-FF Does the same restriction apply to the LOAD suffix. Does it have to be 00-FF or can I use any two characters? The IBM manual does

Re: LOAD parm question

2006-05-31 Thread Skip Robinson
09:34 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Re: LOAD parm question Kevin, I'm pretty sure, Rob meant characters 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,A,B,C,D,E,F, not hex value of those two bytes in the member name. Obviously LOAD

Re: LOAD parm question

2006-05-31 Thread Arthur T.
On 31 May 2006 09:34:32 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R.S.) wrote: Obviously LOAD% cannot be used, because it is illegal member name. Actually, that's restriction of JCL and various programs which access PDSes. Actual member names

Re: LOAD parm question

2006-05-31 Thread Graeme Gibson
In an earlier life I wrote many apps that use all manner of strange member names in PDSs and everything worked just fine. Do stay away from x'' (or, as the joke goes, anything higher :-) ) The end-of-directory marker is a key of x'' (following the last