Thx again Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of CM Poncelet Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 2:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF Profile basic question Yes, it does a "rebuild" of profiles - and, yes, you could create a new profile FOO from that. But its main purposes are: (a) to compress existing profiles; (b) to edit them and, in this code, also to remove IBM's profile variables whose purpose is to save the colours etc. of IBM's panel displays. Both PROFREAD and PROFWRIT can be executed from an interactive TSO ISPF/PDF session. But the renaming of the profiles (e.g. from ISRPROFN to ISRPROF) should be done in batch (and with a 'DISP=OLD' on ISPPROF + then log off to allow the profile rename). Otherwise, the current TSO ISPF/PDF session's copy of the profile in VS will override the updated profile saved on DASD at logoff, and the REXX/Clist updates to the profile on DASD will then be lost. I would suggest you first run a PROFREAD to check your current profile variables in "'"SYSUID'.'PROFNAME'.VARLIST'"'". Then proceed from there (e.g. you can edit the variables in *.VARLIST). This a rough copy of my JCL to rename profiles in batch: '//********************************************************************* ' '//* WARNING: MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROFILE DATASET'S VOLSER IS * ' '//* SPECIFIED CORRECTLY (BELOW), BEFORE SUBMITTING THIS JOB. * ' '//* * ' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
