On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:12:50 -0500, John McKown wrote: >On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >> Are entries in SYS1.BRODCAST timestamped so they could be aged out? >No. > >This originated back is MVT days. MVT did not really have an API for >dynamic allocation. The data set was "fake opened" (i.e. code other than >OPEN found the DSN & extents, and built an "open" DCB and associated DEB.) >The DCB was in common storage so that the SEND command could just write to >the DSN using it. Much like what CA-1 does with the TMC. > Seems like an integrity nightmare.
It's past overdue to trade it for a dog, then shoot the dog. >> UNIX facilities could be your friend here, even as UNIX batch jobs simply >> append their logs to the user's mbox. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
