No, I was not thinking of using console access. For others, while the product is java based, the script can be rexx, or shell script, as long as we can pass a parm, which would be the gdg base.
While someone mentioned doing an alloc of a new file, I am not leaning towards that, to potentially avoid any complications that my mind is dreaming up (maybe I should lay off the horror movies :) ). Peter On Tue, 6 May 2025 17:58:13 +0000, Robert Garrett <[email protected]> wrote: >Will your exec be running with CONSOLE authority? If so, you can trap the >output of the console command: D GRS,RES=(SYSDSN,.....dsn....) > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >Peter Vander Woude >Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 11:30 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Check for ENQ at GDG level from rexx (non-ispf) > >We have a file transfer tool, that is used to send data to z/OS, however if >the dataset is a gdg, and there is a disp=old on the gdg, the dynamic >allocation fails and the transfer job also fails. > >We can have them run a script prior to the actual transfer and I want to be >able to check if there is an enq against the gdg base. Now SYSDSN will give >me that, however, if there are multiple migrated gds's they all get recalled, >which I do not want to do. > >I'm having problems with LISTDSI to say that the gdg base is a valid dataset. >Does anybody know how check if there is an enq against the gdg base so I can >code the script to pause and check again. Execution timing is critical as the >mainframe processing runs quite often, that process these gdg's. > >They are migrating from one transfer solution, which may have an exit, or >process, in place to deal with gdg enq's and they don't get the file >allocation failure there, but we are moving away from that product to the >newer one. > >This method cannot be using ispexeca as the exec will not be running under >ispf. It will be running under uss, as the invoking programs are java. > >Thanks, >Peter > >p.s. sorry if the description is muddled up. >pps. I only get a single digest e-mail so I'll check back periodically, or see >what responses there are, in the daily digest. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
