On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:53:16 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: >At 13:28 -0500 on 07/08/2011, Rick Fochtman wrote about Re: Startio: > >>final intended purpose. I've used QSAM to access individual members >>of a PDS, in name sequence, but it's not a practice I'd recommend to >>the novice. > >It is not that hard. You read the directory (assuming it is a PDS and >not a PDSE [Which I am not sure will act like a PDS for reading the > It does. They fake it. I believe it's documented. Don't know about UNIX files, which can be read, but not written, by BPAM.
>directory]) one block at a time using BSAM. You then use OPENJ or > Or even QSAM. I've done it with Rexx; I think that's QSAM. >(just make sure to open as INPUT - Using this method for PUTs is >asking for problems). > Amen. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
