On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 11:30:09 -0600, Walt Farrell wrote: > >I'm surprised no one has mentioned it, but for input files, the blocksize is >determined by the application that wrote the file. The application that is >reading has no control over it. ... > Except for zFS, for which the access method reblocks to accommodate the values in the DCB or JCL. I find that admirable behavior and felt, far earlier than OMVS, that it be supported for all filesystems.
But QSAM largely spares the programmer the chore of dealing with blocks. Where's QPAM that we've needed forever? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
