The BPXWDYN function, available in REXX, allows you to concatenate a list of
ddnames.
e.g.
call bpxwdyn "concat ddlist(somedd,dd1,dd2) msg(2)"
would concat dd1 and dd2 to somedd.
Bill
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:28:24 -0600, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:34:32 -0500, Martin, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>>All,
>>
>>
>>
>>(For "allocating" existing datasets) Can someone give an example of a
>>TSO ALLOCATE command that uses concatenated datasets, where one of the
>>datasets is NOT cataloged? Is it possible?
>>
>
>It's not possible with ALLOCATE by itself. But you can ALLOCATE an
>uncataloged data set by itself to a separate DDNAME and then use
>one of the "CONCAT" commands floating around to concatenate them
>together (see http://www.cbttape.org).
>
>Example:
>
>ALLOC FI(NOTCAT) DA('dsn.not.catalog') +
> SHR REUSE UNIT(SYSALLDA) VOL(vvvvvv)
>ALLOC FI(MYDD) DA('cat.dsn.#1' +
> 'cat.dsn.#2' +
> 'cat.dsn.#3') SHR REUSE
>CONCAT (MYDD,NOTCAT)
>OPENFILE MYDD INPUT
>...
>
>
>Mark
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