For you HSM adminstrators out there; check out this closed APAR
concerning dashes.
APAR Identifier ...... OA24377 Last Changed ........ 08/03/27
FIXCDS DOESN'T DISPLAY HYPHENS (DASHES)
Symptom ...... IN INCORROUT Status ........... CLOSED FIN
Severity ................... 3 Date Closed ......... 08/03/27
Component .......... 5695DF170 Duplicate of ........
Reported Release ......... 180 Fixed Release ............
Component Name DFSMSHSM, ISMF Special Notice
Current Target Date ..08/06/03 Flags
SCP ...................
Platform ............
Status Detail: APARCLOSURE - APAR is being closed.
PE PTF List:
PTF List:
Release 180 : No PTF planned
Parent APAR:
Child APAR list:
ERROR DESCRIPTION:
When using the FIXCDS Command to display the 'C' record for a
dataset backup whose dataset name contains a '-', the name in
the display is shown with a blank instead of a '-'.
LOCAL FIX:
none.
PROBLEM SUMMARY:
****************************************************************
* USERS AFFECTED: Users of the FIXCDS command in *
* DFSMShsm V1R8.0 and higher *
****************************************************************
* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Data set names containing hyphens may *
* be displayed with blanks in place of *
* the hyphens in the output of a FIXCDS *
* command. *
****************************************************************
* RECOMMENDATION: *
****************************************************************
The output of the FIXCDS command includes the hexadecimal and
EBCDIC representation of the data contained in the record being
display. Although the hexadecimal representation of the data
will properly reflect x'60' in locations where a hyphen may be
recorded within a data set name, the EBCDIC representation will
show a blank instead.
Sample output:
FIXCDS D HSMATH0.L-ST.MV
MCH= 01D40000 C21DF6C5 ... * M B 6E B 3 P *
+0000 D4C9C7F1 F0F10001 ... *MIG101 *
...
+0080 00000000 00000000 ... * FHS*
+00A0 D44BC8D4 C9C74BE3 ... *M.HMIG.T460512.HSMATH0.L ST.J807*
^
^
^
PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
TEMPORARY FIX:
COMMENTS:
This APAR is being closed FIN for the following reasons:
- The FIXCDS command is a maintenance command typically only
used to handle error conditions
- The hexadecimal output in a FIXCDS command does correctly
reflect the x'60' value when a hyphen exists in a data set
name
- The EBCDIC output in a FIXCDS command is expected to be used
for review purposes
- The use of hyphens in data set names is not common
Terry Traylor
charlesSCHWAB
TIS Mainframe Storage Management
Remedy Queue: tis-hs-mstg
(602) 977-5154
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On
Behalf Of Edward Jaffe
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:27 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: Dash in Cataloged Data Set Name (Was: ISPF and long lines)
Veilleux, Jon L wrote:
> I have an old JCL manual and it states "alphanumeric or national
> ($,#,@), a hyphen, or a character X'C0' " so it looks like a dash
> (hyphen) has been legal for a long time.
>
Thanks! You (and other responders) have saved me some research time.
I guess I've been blind since birth on this one. The x'C0' (left brace)
is also a surprise. I've seen it used in member names (e.g., for SVC
routines in LPALIB), but didn't know it was allowed in data set names
also. :-[
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-338-0400 x318
edja...@phoenixsoftware.com
http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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