On 11/16/2010 5:59 AM, ನಾಗೇಶ್ ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ (Nagesh S) wrote:
Hi,
I have a requirement to have a USS file that is an external link to a MVS
dataset. The MVS dataset is supposed to be a +1 GDG generation. For this, I
would have to use ln command with the -e switch. Now, I did read the manual
(USS Command Reference 1) but, I have not been able to get it done. The
manual seems to refer to PDS members.
Has anyone tried this ? Can you please guide me how to get this done ?
1
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r10/topic/com.ibm.zos.r10.bpxa500/ln.htm#ln
How do you intend to use the MVS dataset? For a link to an
MVS dataset to work, the program that references the link
name must be set up to detect an external link and to take
"appropriate action".
The C function fstat can return the information that a
filename is an external link, and C functions exec, spawn,
and loadhfs can run an executable that has an exteranl
link to it. Other than that, the list is of functions and
commands that can work with external links seems to be
pretty short.
What kinds of failures are you encountering?
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