Nope, originally it was a stand-alone program for DASD, and changed only the 6-character volume serial number. Later versions could create a tape label.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 10:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CLIP? On Fri, 18 May 2018 22:15:54 -0400, zMan wrote: >I have to ask: "Change Label In Place" -- as opposed to what? Removing the >platter and sending it back to IBM to have the label changed? > When I first heard it I assumed it referred to repairing a damaged magnetic tape by clipping off a couple meters with scissors and affixing a new reflective sticker. That was an operation common enough that IT shops stocked those stickers. That coud generalize to DASD, then VSE made the widespread vernacular a documented command. -- 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
