I may be a heretic, but I shy away from using a tool (native IEBCOPY) that is guaranteed to fail unless I'm smart--and careful--enough to code it exactly right. I prefer to use StarTool (or PDS from CBT), which (if configured properly) will identify and include all applicable aliases or, if an alias is selected, the base module as well. The product calls IEBCOPY anyway with all names specified, but it's harder to go wrong.
I believe that after many decades ISPF/PDF now selects aliases as well. As noted, copying a base member without all aliases (or vice versa) can lead to disaster. StarTool/PDS VERIFY will identify anomalies resulting from improper copying. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Field, Alan Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 9:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: Unicode Query IEBCOPY is the utility of choice. If you copy a module with aliases it does NOT automatically pick up the aliases. You need to specify the module and all the aliases in the copy request to preserve the relationship. Otherwise you end up with the aliases in the output dataset becoming modules on their own right. Depending on whether you access it by the main name or the alias you get the updated module or an un-updated one. Alan Field Systems Engineer Principal Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN 651.662.3546 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unicode Query On 2015-10-23, at 09:06, Field, Alan wrote: > Only three modules are affected. I just copied them and re-ipld. Watch it. > one of them has an alias (thanks Skip R for pointing that out). > Does copying somehow damage an alias? Grrr... Shame on it! Does it depend on which utility you use to copy? Which are safe and which unsafe? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
