If the PACK is on, you can only read it with ISPF. It can't be read by any other process.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 12:50 AM, mf db <[email protected]> wrote: > What happens internally when this feature is ON ? Instructions wise any > change happens internally ? > On 29 Dec 2014 12:10, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Just trying to understand the importance of setting a PACK ON on the pds >> > member profile. >> > >> > What will be the impact if it is set ON in parmlib members ? >> >> I once had a customer who had accidentally turned it on in MSTJCLxx. The >> IPL failed miserably. I imagine the same thing happens if you use pack on >> on any other parmlib member. LPALSTxx, PROGxx, BPXPRMxx and IEASYSxx will >> probably also cause the IPL to fail. Other parmlib members will 'only' >> generate error messages about garbage. You may not want to live with the >> (functional) results, though. >> >> Barbara >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
