StarTool can do the job very nicely. There is a FIND function that searches for a (qualified) character string and (optionally) builds a member list of just those that contain the search argument.
There is also a COMBINE function that strings all members into one data stream with or without delimiters. I don't remember if the CBT version has these functions. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-302-7535 Office robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 3:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: IEBPTPCH (was: Read a PDS ...) On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:04:33 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >If 'card image' is defined as FB-80, then yes it is, but the data is full of >control info used to rebuild the PDS members. If 'card image' means literally >a one for one representation of the original data, then no. Frankly I had lost >track of what OP needed. > And if the original data aren't F 80, there's no solution. IIRC, OP wanted to search a PDS (of unstated attributes) for references to (a )certain load module(s). >-----Original Message----- >From: J R >Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 3:00 PM > >But not the original card images. I thought there are control data at the >beginning of each record which staggers the original card images progressively >through the dataset. > Are you changing the requirement ex post facto? It also can't be created on an 029 keypunch without using the MULT PCH key, nor with ISPF Edit without using HEX ON. >> Actuallly, FB;80;3120. It is. >> >>>> On Jun 17, 2016, at 16:58, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >>>> ... XMIT with corresponding RECEIVE is a very handy way to flatten out >>>> and later re-inflate a PDS. >> >> But perhaps not legible enough to suit the OP's objective. >> What I said. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
