There's a catalog search interface (CSI), and I think there's a sample REXX for 
using it in SAMPLIB.



On Friday, December 29th, 2023 at 20:17, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:


> I need to check whether any of a list of datasets exists and whether any of a 
> list of ddnames is allocated. I'd rather not trap and parse the output of 
> LISTALC and LISTCAT, and I'd rather not call LISTDSI for each one. Is there a 
> simple way to do that in REXX, or would it be better to write a small service 
> routine in assembler?
> 
> I don't have a requirement to handle XTIOT.
> 
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