What's the max length of a library

FWY · New User Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 10

Dear,
could you tell me what's the max length of a library?
Thank you.

CICS Guy · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:07 pm

What kind of library?
Length of what?

FWY · New User Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 10

FWY · New User Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 10

CICS Guy · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:11 pm

Max length of what? Its disk allocation, as is size?

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:05 pm

Hello,

The max length for a dataset name is 44. Each node of the dsn has a max of 8 characters.

A library is just another dataset (if i understand yojr question).

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:11 pm

max length for an mvs ds name is 44 char, including the periods (.). Each node can be 8 char max in length. so you can have 5 nodes, of 8 char each (there will be 4 periods - node separators). Node names need not be 8 char. They can be 2 char (actually, I think 1 char). you can also have any combination of valid node names and node separators to a total DSN length of 44. A valid node name starts with a alpha, etc...

Unix is different.

CICS Guy · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:22 pm

Dear,
I can now understand the two warnings......

FWY · New User Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 10