Dfdss is often invoking other utilities to do the job for example it will invoke iebcopy for partitioned load modules (non pdse) or idcams repro for a vsam ksds or lds. The list of what is used by dss depending on the type of dataset is described in the admin guide while the parms are in the admin reference. You may use another keyword : UTILMSG=YES in your jobcard in order to visualize the messages issued by the called utility ( iebcopy or idcams messages) This is very useful in case of errors. Regards Bruno Sugliani zxnetconsult(at)free(dot)fr http://zxnetconsult.free.fr
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:55:48 -0500, Frank Swarbrick <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:32:11 -0400, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] ><[email protected]> wrote: > >>Frank, >> >> You might want to look up the SPHERE parameter. > >That did it! Thanks! I should have known there would be something simple, >but this going from VSE to z/OS is frustrating and perhaps causing me to >miss the obvious. > >Now here is another just curious question... Is there any reason not to >always use DSS to copy things files, rather than say IDCAMS or DITTO? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
