Back well before Windows 3. Back to DOS. Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Roger Bolan Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from? This is a really vague memory, but I think that the name IND$FILE goes all the way back, possibly to Windows 3.1. I think the product back then was PC3270. --Roger On Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 7:36 AM Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org wrote: > There is a link map on that link (hmmm, two different meanings of "link" > there) that shows INDxxxxx CSECT names, so I think it establishes that IND > is the component prefix. > > FILE is pretty obvious, like the COPY in IEBCOPY. > > So the only remaining question is "why the dollar sign?" (Or pound sign, > for > those of you so geographically disposed.) > > At my old company we reverse-engineered the protocol. > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Phil Smith III > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 8:47 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from? > > That link doesn't tell me anything about the name that I can see. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
