On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:55:48 -0500, John McKown wrote:
>
>    ... The output shows all of the external, long, names as HIDDEN
>and I can't see those aliases in an ISPF directory listing.
>
>Is there any way to see the aliases at all? Am I missing some option in
>ISPF?
> 
Will AMBLIST show aliases?  I believe that for Program Objects AMBLIST
uses the Program Management API.  (But is AMBLIST convenient for you?)

ISPF has its head stuffed in the twentieth century.  I suspect that
for its member lists, including those used by DDLIST it relies on
opening PDS(E)s DSORG=PS and parsing directory blocks, rather
than using current interfaces such as DESERV (but I don't believe
DESERV is UNIX-savvy).

A consequence is that DDLIST member search of a mixed catenation
will bypass a UNIX directory and report instead a member in a PDS(E)
later in the catenation, whereas BLDL will find the earlier UNIX
member.  PMR.  WAD.

-- gil

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