On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 08:19:53 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > >BTW, I saw a quote from an earlier message, but not the message >itself, talking about reading directory blocks from a PDSE. For the >record, those are not the actual PDSE directory blocks[1][2] but fake >blocks made to look like they came from a PDS; ise DESERV if you want >the actuial entries. And, yes, the TTR's are usable. > DESERV provides the CONN_INTENT=HOLD parameter to cause a held connection to the member. I assume this is implicit with BLDL. I doubt that this is supported for sequential reading of fake directory blocks. So while the TTRs are instantaneously usable, I suspect that any change such as replacing a member will make at least its TTR unusable.
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