Re: BDW length vs. Physical Length

2014-12-22 Thread J O Skip Robinson
In the absence of a truly informed response, I'll take a stab. I learned that a (QSAM) I/O request specifying a block size less than the actual size-of-block results in an abend/RC that describes the error. OTOH if the size-of-block is lower than requested, the operation is successful; it's up t

ISPF problem with userid.ISRnnnn.BACKUP

2014-12-22 Thread Steve Thompson
Doing some work in edit (TSO/ISPF). Userid timed out on Friday... Monday AM, logged on with the original userid (I have two similarly named IDs) and split the screen. I had some PDS I needed to look at before I could go back to the edit I was in. So when Edit started, it popped up the recover

Re: publibz->infocenter->knowledgecenter

2014-12-22 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:59:18 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > >I'd say bring back BookMaster and BookManager, but I know it won't >happen. I wish that there were a BookMaster clone for Linux. > And I left a KnowledgeCenter page up in a browser while I did something else. When I returned to

BDW length vs. Physical Length

2014-12-22 Thread Paul Gilmartin
For RECFM=V(B)(S), what happens if the physical length of a block exceeds the length in the BDW? o Bytes in the physical block beyond the length in the BDW are ignored? (A writer on another list tells me I can rely on this.) o The access method reports an error? I prefer to follow the rules.

Re: article that may be of interest to some of us

2014-12-22 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
Ditto, but my career change is to become a Wal*Mart greeter at a Wal*Mart in HAWAII!! :) Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 Information Technology University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf

Re: article that may be of interest to some of us

2014-12-22 Thread Tony's Basement Computer
Agreed, and I even convinced my 2 buddies, the 71 year old heart surgeon and the 70 year old pilot. I figured I'd change careers eventually, maybe I'll drive the courtesy van at my local Cadillac dealer. ;-) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@

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