Tony, That will list the members, I think Charles wants the hex data found in the directory itself. I am not sure there is an option on LISTD that will dump the HEX data of the directory itself.
Lizette > I've used this simple method in the past........ > > //S1 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 > //SYSTSPRT DD DSN=YOUR.OUTPUT.FILE,DISP=(NEW,CATLG,), etc etc etc > //SYSTSIN DD * PROF NOPREFIX LISTDS 'YOUR.PDS' MEMBERS > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul Gilmartin" <paulgboul...@aim.com> > > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main > > To: <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 9:55 AM > > Subject: Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? > > > > > > On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:14:43 +0000, Bill Fairchild wrote: > > > >>Assuming you have the authority to do so, superzap the F1 DSCB for > >>your source PDS so that its DSORG is PS instead of PO. Then do your > >>IEBGENER. > >>Then zap the F1 back to PO. It might work. I have never tried this > >>myself. > >> > > Perhaps you don't know about overrides in JCL DD and ALLOCATE > > commands? > > > > Adding to my prior remark, specify _everything_ in SYSUT1 DD. > > DSORG, RECFM, LRECL, BLKSIZE. > > > > > > On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 09:56:31 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: > > > >>Lizette's point that IBM can change the information in a PDS directory > >>without notice is of course generically correct > >> > >>That conceded, such changes have been infrequent for many years; and > >>the functional stabilization of PDS support that came about with the > >>introduction of PDSEs makes further such changes unlikely. Brutally > >>put, PDSEs are changing, PDSs are not. > >> > > So much IBM software (probably ISPF) and customer software depend on > > the PDS directory format that I understand that a PDSE can be opened > > as PS and PDSE support emulates the PDS directory format. > > > >>Have you succeeded in opening your PDS as a sequential file? > >> > > I've done it in Rexx. Assembler is for people who like that sort of > > thing. > > > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
