On 1 December 2017 at 15:43, Pew, Curtis G <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is just a curiosity question, but I’ve wondered about this. > > The JCL reference says: > > All temporary data set names begin as follows: > SYSyyddd.Thhmmss.RA000.jjobname > > Does anyone know the story behind the ‘RA000’ part? It seems unnecessary > and arbitrary. > I know just one little bit about it. In MVT, this qualifier was RVnnn, and I *think* it was RF in MFT. The RA came along with MVS. IIRC the A stands for AOS (Advanced Operating System), one of the early names for MVS. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
