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what is the Length of DSN=....

Post by mainframe5 » Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:02 pm

what is the length of DSN=......

what is the length of GDG DSN BASE=

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Post by DavidatK » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:02 am

From the JCL Manual

The maximum length of a qualified data set name is:

44 characters, including periods.

For a generation data group, 35 characters, including periods.

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