Hi,

> Account=  A2345678    Group=  OTHER
>                    RecSize              EOF        Limit Disk-Space
> Name---- Acc Code- ---(B) Type ---------(B) ---------(B) (K-1024-B)
> LARGE                  80 FA            500   1234567890         40
> LARGE1                 80 FA    12345678902  12345678902  987654313
> L2345678 ERW AAAAA 999998 FBxx 999999999999 999999999999 9999999999

Ok...I give up....what the @#$%^ is the "(B)"?

Bytes?

Blocks?

Bugs?

Bits?

If it means "these columns are in bytes", then I wouldn't expect to see
a record size ... you normally don't mix the two concepts (a record-size
view of the world with a byte-stream view of the world).

I'd assume (and wish to see) EOF and LIMIT in terms of records (which
would be bytes for some files), RecSize in terms of *bytes* (yay!),
and Disk-Space in terms of kilobytes (1024).  I'd prefer to see
a simple "KB".  If a programmer doesn't know that KB is 1024, then
shame on them!  (It's marketing people who have perverted GB to
sometimes mean 1,000,000,000 bytes instead of 1024 * 1024 * 1024.)

> I admire the attempts to make the header more readable wrt indicating
> GB, MB and KB column locator.  I don't necessarily think it works for a
> few reasons:

   and...it's ugly!  I'd prefer no commas whatsoever to the --,--,--,---

> I guess we need to discuss what is important to convey in the header?
> What data will not be obvious and will require the user to try online
> HELP or to make a phone call?

I'd swap the Acc and Code columns ... users are used to seeing the CODE
just after the filename.

> I think the units-of-measure needs to be in the header and a label for the

I agree...and they should be KB, not "K-1024-B"  ... I can't think
of ever seeing such a string before.   It certainly isn't as meaningful to
unschooled viewers ... is it a code?  is it a magic phrase?

> fields listed.  I think mixed case improves readability.

agreed.

> stand out from the data that follows.  The header should use labels that
> are common, either in general usage or as arguments in other CI commands.

AGREED!  Hence the simple "KB"!

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