Ed, IBM says these things and I understand, but what alternative has been provided and samples with the alternative.
Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Sep 8, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Ed Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott: > > I think IBM seriously suggested that this was not to be used as it is not a > programming interface. > One off the wall vendor does/did that and every few years it breaks as IDCAMS > output changes. > > Ed > > On Sep 8, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > >> Jurgen, >> >> You could also call idcams, output sysprint to a Qsam file, read with rexx >> and parse >> >> Scott ford >> www.identityforge.com >> >> On Sep 8, 2012, at 6:46 AM, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> For NONVSAM LISTDSI may work, for VSAM CSI will work. >>> >>> And CSI returns the VOLUMES, RBA, and any other catalog information for >>> both VSAM and NONVSAM. Including if it spans multi volumes. If you look >>> at my other postings on CSI you will see that IBM has provided other >>> samples to show how to extract those fields. >>> >>> For NON Vsam datasets LISTDSI may only show first volumes, not if it spans >>> multi volumes. >>> >>> If you do a LISTC against a dataset and it shows all the volumes, then the >>> CSI will be able to retrieve those for you. >>> >>> The following version of CSI Rexx I came across is much better than the >>> SYS1.SAMPLIB version. However, the enhancement you need is to loop through >>> all the volumes for the dataset. In the SYS1.SAMPLIB Version it only does >>> one even if there are more. It would be a simple matter to continue until >>> the end of the volumes was found. >>> >>> >>> And for those that want a better interface to CSI, I came across this gem >>> on the IBM Website >>> >>> ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/dfsms/II14316/II14316.clist.clist >>> >>> or tinyurl >>> http://tinyurl.com/chqotev >>> >>> >>> I have not tried it yet, but apar >>> II14316: A NEW TOOL IS AVAILABLE TO INVOKE THE CSI (CATALOG SEARCH >>> INTERFACE) VIA REXX. >>> >>> Has some interesting context about making this easier to use. >>> >>> Lizette >>> >>>> >>>> Dear Lizette, >>>> >>>> thanks for your fast response. I was already aware of the CSI, I used it >>>> in other REXX >>>> procedures to search for some datasets similar to ISPF 3.4. But AFAIK CSI >>>> only gives >>>> the name of a dataset, but no other attributes (size etc.). In the case >>>> I#m talking >>>> about now, I already have the name, but I'm looking for other attributes, >>>> mainly the >>>> size of these non-VSAM multi-volume files. Because they are multi-volume >>>> LISTDSI >>>> doesn't work, because they are non-VSAM LISTCAT doesn't help although. >>>> >>>> >>>> Am 08.09.2012 00:58, schrieb Lizette Koehler: >>>>> Yes, you can use the Catalog Search Interface (CSI) to do this. >>>>> >>>>> There is documentation in z/OS V1R12.0 DFSMS Managing Catalogs >>>>> >>>>> And a sample in SYS1.SAMPLIB(IGGCSIRX) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lizette >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Freundliche Gruesse / Kind regards >>>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
