We burned the paper tape and scattered the ashes. Please don't bring it back.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 9:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Variable length records for SYSIN data sets On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:03:14 +1100, Robin Vowels wrote: >We used to use RECFM=V in the 1960s with SYSIN >for PL/I source programs on paper tape. > What have we abandoned in the 20th Century?! Where can he order one? RPQ? >On 2021-10-29 11:56, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 22:49:49 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> >>> What happens with >>> >>> //INFILE DD DISP=SHR,DSN=MY.VB.FILE >>> // DD *,DCB=(RECFM=V,LRECL=204) >>> >>> and have you reported it as a bug, citing the text that you quoted? >>> >> I haven't RTFM today, but I believe it has long been a documented >> restriction. >> I've readily used: >> o An Edit macro which does EXECIO to a DDNAME allocated with RECFM=VB >> o FTP with "QUOTE SITE FILE=JES"; "QUOTE SITE JESRECFM=V" >> o IEBGENER witn //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(B,INITRDR) >> o Etc. >> >> Not a bug; WAD. Merits an RFE. >> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From:Frank Swarbrick >>> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:11 PM >>> >>> I have a goal to concatenate a data set of variable length records >>> (RECFM=VB,LRECL=204) with an instream data set of fixed length >>> characters. My though was to add RECFM=V to my instream DD, i.e.: >>> //INFILE DD DISP=SHR,DSN=MY.VB.FILE >>> // DD *,RECFM=V,LRECL=204 >>> >>> The RECFM is rejected as being conflicting with a SYSIN dataset: >>> IEFC009I KEYWORD RECFM IS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WITH KEYWORD SYSIN ON THE >>> DD STATEMENT >>> >>> And yet the following section of the manual, "SYSIN data set" has >>> discussion of SYSIN data sets where "the record format is variable": >>> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=ssds-sysin-data-set >>> >>> But how do I actually make the SYSIN dataset variable length? >>> >>> I do realize there are probably other options to accomplish my task, >>> but this is bugging me. >>> >> RFE. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
