I went through the z/OS 1.13 manuals on defining VSAM datasets, but even where the internal pointers were mentioned, it didn't say each CA and CI was written as empty when defined. Just explained what was there in each CI.
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <[email protected]> wrote: > I am editing a wiki article on disk formatting and have been > challenged to provide documentation of my claim that formatting a VSAM > cluster, HFS or zFS rewrites existing data. I could cite dead tree > documentation for VSAM in OS/VS2 R3.8, but I'd really prefer something > recent enough to be available online, preferably current, and that > wouldn't include the Unix file systems. I would appreciate it if > someone could add appropriate citations to > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_formatting> or give me the links so > that I can do so. Thanks. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
