Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Gould
On Feb 11, 2016, at 8:50 AM, R.S. wrote: DD name points to dataset. A program can or cannot read all the members. Examples: IEBPTPCH - can print all the members And PUNCH :) IEBCOPY - can copy all the members -- For

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Gould
On Feb 11, 2016, at 8:34 AM, John McKown wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Ed Gould wrote: John, There *MAY* be a way, albeit adding an extra step to do so. But I don't think that is what he wanted. ​I think so too. I already _have_ a way to do something

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Ed Gould wrote: > John, > > There *MAY* be a way, albeit adding an extra step to do so. > But I don't think that is what he wanted. > ​I think so too. I already _have_ a way to do something like what the OP wanted. And it even includes

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread R.S.
DD name points to dataset. A program can or cannot read all the members. Examples: IEBPTPCH - can print all the members IEBCOPY - can copy all the members -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Sri h Kolusu
//* http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/fmnu1m00/2.3.4.11? Thanks, Kolusu From: "Lester, Bob" <bles...@ofiglobal.com> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 02/10/2016 05:08 PM Subject: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS? Sent by:IBM

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Gould
John, There *MAY* be a way, albeit adding an extra step to do so. But I don't think that is what he wanted. Ed On Feb 11, 2016, at 7:34 AM, John McKown wrote: On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Lester, Bob wrote: Hi Folks, OK, it's only Wednesday, but

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Lester, Bob wrote: > Hi Folks, > > OK, it's only Wednesday, but > > Wouldn't it be nice if you could code: > > //SOMEDD DD DSN=SOME.PDS.DSN,DISP=SHR > > ...and it would read all the members in order? Maybe even any

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Joel C. Ewing
Since the DD statement doesn't have enough options yet, one could always add a few more.:) And to be really useful, there should be an exit or some other means to convey the directory information for each member back to the program, and if specifying order of members, some way to tell the z/OS to

DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-10 Thread Bill Woodger
But you need that (and just a little bit more) to read the directory blocks. Wouldn't that become confusing? Having said that, something a little less... wordy. than Library Management Services would be handy to read members from a library in, say, a COBOL program. On Thursday, 11 February

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-10 Thread Ed Finnell
===>pds some.pds.dsn In a message dated 2/10/2016 6:08:48 P.M. Central Standard Time, bles...@ofiglobal.com writes: Wouldn't it be nice if you could code: //SOMEDD DD DSN=SOME.PDS.DSN,DISP=SHR ...and it would read all the members in order? Maybe even any order you specify? Maybe

DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-10 Thread Lester, Bob
Hi Folks, OK, it's only Wednesday, but Wouldn't it be nice if you could code: //SOMEDD DD DSN=SOME.PDS.DSN,DISP=SHR ...and it would read all the members in order? Maybe even any order you specify? Maybe (ducking!) like it works with GDGs when you specify the