about block size in jcl

aruna · New User Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 1

A fixed block contains 80 charecters. I want to convert to 120 charecters .
is it possible? if so how ?

superk · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:12 pm Post subject:

Your query is a bit vague.

If you have a dataset that has an 80-bytes LRECL, and another data that has a 120-bytes LRECL, then just copy the 80-byte dataset into the 120-byte dataset.

If you are asking if you can just change the LRECL of the dataset, the answer is no.

vishal_09 · New User Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 7 Location: hyderabad

for a fixed bloch u canot change lrecl or block size once it is created thats all