The OP isn't trying to retrieve the information; he's trying to open a file using a dynamic ddname. Put another way, he wants to open the same DCB multiple times, with a different DCBDDNAM each time.
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Sri h Kolusu <skol...@us.ibm.com> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 4:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: COBOL to dynamic DD name >> I'm not trying to allocate the files. The JCL for the step has all the DDs. >> I just need to be able open, extend, and close the select/assign to >> different DDs where which ones I use and which order is not known until I'm >> working through an input file. Michael, As steve mentioned in earlier post , you can BPXWDYN2 to retrieve the info a dataset/ddname. Here is an example https://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?p=62866#62866 Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
