On Sun, 7 Jul 2013 09:24:27 -0500, Ze'ev Atlas wrote:
>
>1. Is PDSE the same (I mean same structure of directory and directory entry) 
>in that regard?
>
No, but they fake it, so it doesn't matter.

>2. Otherwise, where can I find documentation about PDSE in the sam econtext?
>
Secret.  Perhaps available for a price and under NDA.

>3. (Also otherwise) How would I distinguish between the two, either before or 
>during opening the directory short of manually checking and communicating the 
>fact to the C program?
> 
As above, there's no need.

>4. if I do PARM='/-PDS pAtTeRn MLQ.LLQ' that would work fine (it works fine 
>now for flat files), but how could I add the HLQ, because this requires 
>enclosing the file name in quotes and remember, this is in C context?
> 
In other contexts (JCL?), the form is something like:

    '//''HLQ.MLQ.LLQ'''

(View with monospaced font.)  (Untested.)

-- gil

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