> Empirically, I found I couldn't create a DSN starting with a period even > within apostrophes. I don't know where this is documented.
Gil, This works fine for me //STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SORTIN DD * dummyrecord //SORTOUT DD PATH='/tmp/.create.dsn.with.period', // PATHMODE=(SIRWXU,SIRWXG,SIRWXO), // PATHOPTS=(OWRONLY,OCREAT,OEXCL), // PATHDISP=(KEEP,DELETE),FILEDATA=TEXT, // LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=27920,RECFM=FB //SYSIN DD * OPTION COPY /* Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
