z/OS DFSMS Using Data Sets
z/OS DFSMS Using Data Sets
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Linear Data Sets z/OS DFSMS Using Data Sets SC23-6855-00 |
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A linear data set is a VSAM data set with a control interval size of 4096 bytes to 32 768 bytes in increments of 4096 bytes. A linear data set does not have imbedded control information. All linear data set bytes are data bytes. A linear data set is processed as an entry-sequenced data set,
with certain restrictions. Because a linear data set does not contain
control information (CIDFs and RDFs), it cannot be accessed as if
it contained individual records. You can access a linear data set
using these techniques:
Related reading: For information about using data-in-virtual (DIV), see z/OS MVS Programming: Assembler Services Guide. 
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