By default, IEBUPDTE replaces the member; you need to explicitly request it to get update in place. IEBUPDTE only requires sequence numbers if you are editing by sequence number, but in practice that'a almost always. PDSE should not be an issue.
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2022 4:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A Million Years On Mon, 17 Oct 2022 19:32:45 +0000, Bill Johnson wrote: >Is IEBUPDTE still around? I know it could change strings but had limits >regarding record length. > Are those limits any harsher than those of a keypunch? Why worry. It appears to update-in-place: <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fzos%2F2.5.0%3Ftopic%3Dexamples-example-4-update-library-member&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C1e0aeb6e8c684277b69508dab07d131f%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C638016348486765692%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oTFcNlLga0rwvjD9fJbj6xuOTEtNuw4CtJ%2FdLBdt8hs%3D&reserved=0> Does it work on PDSE? Are the sequence numbers required? (What if you drop your thumb drive?) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
