We have used FileAid from Compuware for this many times. On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 10:45 -0400, Monty Spivak wrote: > Hi, > > I am is seeking a JCL "Mass Editor" (basically, multiple file search and > replace in an LPAR). We have 3,000 JCL scripts and are seeking to make > changes to upgrade SAS versions. Would you know of an appropriate tools to > use (I know that someone could write scripts to examine the JCL scripts, but > it would be a lot nicer if one would just be able to use a "search and > conditionally replace" against all of the JCL in an LPAR). > > > > Here is what I already considered and discarded for various reasons: > > 1. ISPF editor, and others, have a search and replace, but it is for only for > 1 script at a time. > > 2. Unload it to a huge sequential file, use ISPF to edit it, and then load it > back into a the PDS. Failing that, JCL is simply stored as clear text in a > PDS (partitioned dataset). Anything that will read a PDS would work, or use > the unload process to get one sequential file first. Our customer would not > like this approach. > > 3. I am sure that there are not one or two procs somewhere where the change > could be made. Most shops have procs that control the calls to SAS and other > such products. The idea is to bury all the installation specific stuff in one > proc, then have the user jobs call the proc. That way when you change > something, you only change it in the one proc, not every user job. It appears > that the JCL was not originally structured this way... > > I would appreciate if someone would point me in the right direction... > > Thanks, Monty > > Monty Spivak > SAS Institute Canada > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
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