I agree with Gil, but wlll also mention mention that the BPXBATCH he was talking about runs a UNIX program, not normal z/OS batch programs. And can only generate UNIX file names, not legacy data set names (DSN=).
If you're thinking of what the Windows cmd prompt, or a UNIX shell can do, where you can "wild card" to match multiple files in a given directory (or folder in Windows-speak), then you simply can't do that with z/OS JCL. This "wild carding" is sometimes called "file globbing" in UNIX and z/OS JCL does not have _anything_ like that for JCL in the DSN= of a DD, or in a PARM=, or anywhere else. The closest for z/OS batch might be the LISTCAT command in the IDCAMS program, but that doesn't help you directly. And that "wild carding" is done by the IDCAMS program internally. There is not a z/OS system API call to do it for you. At least not directly. And, again, not in JCL. JCL is _primitive_! The "best" z/OS can do, and it's none too good, is what is called GDG-ALL processing. A pretty technical explanation is given here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II08285 A nice tutorial on GDG data sets is here: http://www.simotime.com/gdgone01.htm I include the above only for completeness, just in case you are not familiar with GDGs. On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Rajesh Janakiraman <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mates, > > If you have any idea about using wildcard characters in JCL, kindly let me > know. > > I need to get an extract file for every one hour and I need to add the job in > OPCA, so that by using wildcard characters for every one hour the extract may > get genrated automatically. > > Please let me kow the detailed explanation i.e. wildcard characters that is > found in JCL to describe a dataset. > > Thanks in advance. > > Know more about us on www.hdfcbank.com. Connect with us on Facebook at > www.facebook.com/hdfcbank > > ____________________________________________ > > > Disclaimer: > "The information contained herein (including any accompanying documents) is > confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you have > erroneously received this message, please immediately delete it and notify > the sender. Also, if you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in > reliance on the contents of this message or any accompanying document is > strictly prohibited and is unlawful. The organization is not responsible for > any damage caused by a virus or alteration of the e-mail by a third party or > otherwise. > Regd. Office : HDFC Bank Ltd., HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower > Parel (W), Mumbai - 400 013. " > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- There is nothing more pleasant than traveling and meeting new people! Genghis Khan Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
