On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:17:15 +1100, Andrew Rowley <[email protected]> wrote:
>I don't know much about VM formats, RDH seems reasonable for a 2 byte >field. Maybe Record Length Halfword/RLH, given it is only the length >without the other fields? Thanks - that's a good point - it probably doesn't meet the definition of "descriptor". So RLH unless someone has a better idea. >IBM also has another format for variable records used by the z/OSMF REST >API and ZOWE. The first 4 bytes are the length, i.e. the first 2 bytes >are zero for your typical MVS dataset. And if I convert to this format, it would be RLF or RLW (which one, or something else?). And does this alternate 4 byte format above include the length of the RLF/W itself? Note that mvs2cms, just like dos2unix, is probably fundamentally misnamed. An identical cpm2unix would be similarly misnamed. Maybe it's easier to remember that way though, so it is right after all. BFN. Paul. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
