Chris, Absolutely.. Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD
'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' > On Oct 23, 2013, at 1:11 PM, "Blaicher, Christopher Y." > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did a search on google and I think I see the entry you are referring to. > The ones I saw were using DEVTYPE as a lazy man's way to search the TIOT in > that if you get a non-zero return code it is not defined. So, if you wanted > to know if there was a SORTWK01 defined in the JCL they would issue a DEVTYPE > for SORTWK01. If they got a return code of zero you can use the device > characteristics returned, otherwise it isn't defined. > > Personally, I would scan the TIOT and then if I found it I would do the > DEVTYPE. The good thing about using DEVTYPE to do the TIOT scan is that it > will now include scanning the extended TIOT with no programming changes. > > It just goes to show you there are always multiple ways to solve a problem. > > Chris Blaicher > Principal Software Engineer, Software Development > Syncsort Incorporated > 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 > P: 201-930-8260 | M: 512-627-3803 > E: [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Scott Ford > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 11:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Getting DD DISP > > Chris, > > Thank you, I saw someone had published, I use the word loosely on the 'NET' > was showing how the pulled ddname info from a DEVTYPE macro and I was curious > after skimming the manual. > > Scott ford > www.identityforge.com > from my IPAD > > 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' > > >> On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:37 AM, "Blaicher, Christopher Y." >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Scott, >> The short answer is no. There are two ways (and lots of options) to call >> DEVTYPE. One you specify the DDNAME. The other is you give it the UCB >> address. >> >> DEVTYPE is designed to tell you about the device type, not what is on the >> device as there could be zero or more datasets on a device. All of I/O is >> designed around the DDNAME being the link. Sure you can dynamically >> allocate a file, but you either give it a DDNAME to use or the system will >> give you one. The TIOT is built around the DDNAME. DCB's are built based >> on DDNAME. When you want to refer to a specific data set, it all goes back >> to the DDNAME. You have to know that to move forward. >> >> Chris Blaicher >> Principal Software Engineer, Software Development Syncsort >> Incorporated >> 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 >> P: 201-930-8260 | M: 512-627-3803 >> E: [email protected] >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Scott Ford >> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:48 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Getting DD DISP >> >> All, >> Have you seen anyone using DEVTYPE macro to pickup the ddname information ? >> >> Scott ford >> www.identityforge.com >> from my IPAD >> >> 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' >> >> >>> On Oct 22, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Joel Riemer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The dynamic information retrieval function of dynamic allocation services >>> is an option... >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - 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 >> >> >> >> ATTENTION: ----- >> >> The information contained in this message (including any files transmitted >> with this message) may contain proprietary, trade secret or other >> confidential and/or legally privileged information. 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