On 07/18/2014 09:53 AM, Tim Deller wrote:
> From DFSMS Using Data Sets
>
> System-determined block size: The system can derive the best block size for 
> DASD, tape, and spooled data sets. The system does not derive a block size 
> for BDAM, old, or unmovable data sets, or when the RECFM is U.

Which would imply that for a RECFM=U data set, if you don't explicitly specify 
a BLKSIZE value via the DCB or DD when the data set is created, there would be 
no way the VTOC could have saved a value for it.  Perhaps that is the reason 
only 0 is seen after the OPEN?

-- 
Joel C. Ewing,    Bentonville, AR       [email protected] 

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