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Why not AMASPZAP for for the tracks where VSAM might be? A track is a
track is a track.
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AMASPZAP opens the SYSLIB dataset with a DCB, not an ACB, so it can't
open a VSAM dataset.
If you get lucky, you might find a copy of an old IBM program called
VSAMZAP, distributed in source form for a one-time-charge. Check it out.
Definitely when I worked on a early DOS/VS system and I have vague
memories of doing it on a MVS system I have opened and processed data
from VSAM datasets by specifying the dataset via JCL and DCB or DTF (DOS
equivalent to DCB) as a BDAM dataset. Based on that I would expect that
you could fool AMASPZAP or similar programs to process any format dataset.
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You're not the first to point out that I was wrong. I was looking at the
source for the last version of AMASPZAP that I have source code for. It
uses XDAP/EXCP processing to affect its function and I was under the
(mistaken) impression that this was unsuitable for processing VSAM data.
My mistake, as Walt and Bob have pointed out. My education needs some
upgrades. <G> The last system I worked on was z/OS 1.4, and that was
primarily looking for money saving possibilities for a company that was
in serious financial difficulties.
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