On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:49:15 -0800, Jon Perryman wrote: >... IBM modified IEBGENER (and other utilities) to support DCB for UNIX files >so yes they do work. > I strongly doubt that although I haven't access to the source code to verify it. Rather, I understand that the support was entirely in the access method so that legacy applications using OPEN, GET, PUT, READ, WRITE, and CLOSE continue to work unmodified. Perhaps one of the assembler experts such as Ed or Mark might supply a concurring or dissenting opinion.
Some applications that showed data set names in their SYSPRINT were slightly modified to show the pathname instead of a 44-character dummy supplied by the OS somehow. For an application to restrict itself to a subset of device types is a misdesign. Rather the application should specify its access method requirements and let the access method deal with device types. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
