While we are whining... Does a iPhone have any way to do cntl+z like Linux or Winderz?
And Gil, how would you get QSAM to correctly do a STOW at CLOSE if you do not set DSORG to PO? Now the change you propose, how do we make it transparent to existing code running in a bank, mfg co., etc. ? POSIX came LONG after MVS. Sent from iPhone - small keyboard fat fingers - expect spellinf errots. > On Oct 7, 2015, at 12:28 AM, Paul Gilmartin > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 11:35:41 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >> >> Sure. The OP just asked PDS/PDSE so I focused on that. >> >> Lots of variations. What about dataset accessed as a QSAM file but actually >> PDS/PDSE member? FWIW the distinction goes away for USS -- every file is a >> "member" of a directory. > Sometimes that directory and membership are fictitious, as for /dev/fd/0. > > And ISPF is woefully ignorant of the similarity. For example, if in DDLIST I > select a PDS with V(iew), DSLIST opens a member list with View as the > point-and-shoot selection default. > > If in UDLIST I select a UNIX directory with V(iew), I get a failure, "Invalid > file type". Why doesn't UDLIST do as DSLIST does and show a list of > members in that directory? > > As for the sequential allocation of a PDS member you mention, I was dismayed > to learn that OPEN sets DCBDSORG to PO, not PS. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
