"Darth Keller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com>...
> From the DFSMSdss Storage Admin Guide: > The percent sing (%) is used as an ignore character. Each % sign > represents one character in the name being filtered, and any character in > that position is ignored. > IIRC, % & * are the only masking characters you get. There isn't one > specifically for numbers like a lot of languages have. > > So I'd say that %* is redundant and won't really accomplish what you > want. Off the top of my head, the only way I can see to do this is to > code the filter list. > > AM2.DE1*.HESD.SOR1*.**, > > HTH- ddk >From my SMS course (I didn't check it with the latest manual): % represent a single character * represents zero or more characters or one dataset name qualifier ** represents zero or more qualifiers I can't find anything about a & as masking character. In this scenario there is a difference between AM1.DE%* and AM1.DE*. The first requires at least one charachter after '.DE' the second does not. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
