If you are trying to do this for a specific program that only understands Unix files, then you could create a named pipe file (aka "fifo") and then fork a process to copy from it to your GDG(+1).
The "todsn" command in the free Co:Z Toolkit makes this pretty simple. For example: mkfifo myfifo todsn -x 'lrecl(1028) recfm(vb)' '//HLQ.MY.GDG(+1)' < myfifo & my_program -f myfifo Of course, if your program supports writing to stdout, then you wouldn't need a named pipe: my_program | todsn -x 'lrecl(1028) recfm(vb)' '//HLQ.MY.GDG(+1)' Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com 2010/11/16 ನಾಗೇಶ್ ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ (Nagesh S) <[email protected]> > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
