>From what I have read in IBM APAR's and PTF's, the OPTCD=B trick should do the >job. However, that does NOT take into account dynamic allocation. Or, it might >be possible that the COBOL program itself is over-riding the DCB parameters >and basically turning OPTCD=B off. I believe I can workup a dummy cobol >program to read a file and duplicate this. However, if your COBOL program has >specific attributes regarding the file that it is opening and reading from, >that might make my test and your test incompatible. Still, I will try that on >Monday to see if a simple COBOL program supports the OPTCD=B specification.
Of course, worst situation is you simply read the tape with 98000 specified and that would disable the CA 1 intercepts that intercept the new Label call from z/OS. Russell Witt CA 1 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Speake Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 12:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Standard User Tape Labels in COBOL Hi Russell, Sorry, I thought Chris kept you in the loop. He said he tried it and it didn't work. A little too trusting here. He was tied up Friday and I have not 'seen with my own eyes'. Had time myself so I went to reading and experimenting. Put it on hold till I do see it myself. Chris is rather good, I trust him more than most of our staff. They 'Tell me many lies, Yes,No' Ancient BW movie quote. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
