Scott - I think the EOF marker is handled by SMS. If a file is allocated to a non-sms volume with IEFBR14 it might be that no EOF marker was created. This can result in a wrong length read when trying to read from the dataset instead of going straight to EODAD. Sam
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:15 AM, glen herrmannsfeldt <[email protected]> wrote: > In article <[email protected]> > you wrote: > > (not posted to the group) > >> Did you include DSORG=PS on the DD in the IEFBR14? I am fairly sure >> this is necessary to have the system write an EOF during allocation. > > But what is on the disk if you don't? > > In the OS/360 days, you got left-overs from previous data. > I am pretty sure for security reasons it doesn't do that anymore. > > -- glen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
