Having never used ADRDSSU, I can't say for sure, but it would be a pretty bad utility if when it was done it did not leave a good readable copy of the data set. It should either do it right or tell you why it can't. If you are copying a file from a SMS to a non-SMS volume, then it should write the expanded file on the destination volume or tell you that it can't do that copy or move function. Doing a move and leaving the data unreadable would be ample justification for opening an APAR.
IEBGENER and most other products that I know of use the BSAM or QSAM access methods when dealing with a compressed file. The SAM access methods return expanded records to the application, or in the case of writing, compress the data on the way out. Chris Blaicher Senior Software Engineer, Software Services Syncsort Incorporated 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 P: 201-930-8260 | M: 512-627-3803 E: [email protected] www.syncsort.com Check out our Knowledge Base at www.syncsort.com/support Syncsort aims for the best product and service experience. We welcome your feedback. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Victor Zhang Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:46 PM To: MVS List Server 1 Subject: Re: Questions regarding SMS compacted dataset Hi all, Sorry, forgot to mention is if the program trying to read compressed extended physical sequential file is ADRDSSU, will only compressed data be returned? How about IEBGEN program? Regards Victor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
