The JES2 destination fields have an address of 4 lines of 60 characters, and 5 other fields of 60 characters.
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2017-03-09, at 00:18, Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote: >> >> How many DLM's do you use per year? How many department codes, projectnames, >> daily/weekly variations and sequence numbers do you have to code into 8 >> chars? All problems are serious, but some problems are more serious than >> others. Come on, the 18 chars DLM limit will be at the bottom of my list. >> > There's a good argument here for using UNIX files where possible > instead of Legacy data sets: the former are blessedly free of > the 44(8) limitation. (Yes, there is a 1023(255) limitation; > lots more elbow room for department codes, projectnames, daily/weekly > variations and sequence numbers.) > > For comparison, I tried the analog of DLM= on Linux and MacOS. > Both were happy with 380-character strings. ("No one should > ever need more ...") I didn't probe for the ultimate limit. > > Both allowed broken/continued strings on the defining occurrence. > MacOS allowed broken/continued at the terminating occurrence; > Linux did not. > > Why should z/OS strive for less than other OSes have supported > for decades? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
