Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

Ouch! At 12/31/2018 11:57 AM, Tom Conley wrote: On 12/31/2018 11:12 AM, Ed Jaffe wrote: On 12/30/2018 9:37 PM, David Cole wrote: Thanks Tom! That is exactly what I was looking for. I also want to thank a couple of people who sent me off-list messages, but they'd prefer to remain anonymous. I

Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

On 12/31/2018 11:12 AM, Ed Jaffe wrote: On 12/30/2018 9:37 PM, David Cole wrote: Thanks Tom! That is exactly what I was looking for. I also want to thank a couple of people who sent me off-list messages, but they'd prefer to remain anonymous. I wondered how we never found this. The answer

Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

On 12/30/2018 9:37 PM, David Cole wrote: Thanks Tom! That is exactly what I was looking for. I also want to thank a couple of people who sent me off-list messages, but they'd prefer to remain anonymous. I wondered how we never found this. The answer turned out to be a simple one. The macro

Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

PDS Directory entries? Which Macro? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 9:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries? I found this ma

Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

Which Macro? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 9:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries? I found this macro in the ISPF maclib. It's

Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

mapping macro for the ISPF statistics found in PDS directory entries. I've searched high and low, but I'm not having much luck. Certainly, I could write a mapping macro myself, but I'd rather not if IBM already has one. I know about IHAPDS, but that maps load module related data, not ISPF

Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

On 12/28/2018 5:41 PM, David Cole wrote: Hi, I'm looking for an IBM written mapping macro for the ISPF statistics found in PDS directory entries. I've searched high and low, but I'm not having much luck. Certainly, I could write a mapping macro myself, but I'd rather not if IBM already has

Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

> found in PDS directory entries. I've searched high and low, but I'm > not having much luck. > > Certainly, I could write a mapping macro myself, but I'd rather not if > IBM already has one. > > > > I know about IHAPDS, but that maps load module related data, not

Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

king for an IBM written mapping macro for the ISPF statistics > > found in PDS directory entries. I've searched high and low, but I'm > > not having much luck. > > We had the same issue and ended up constructing our own. > > We never wou

Re: IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

On 12/28/2018 2:40 PM, David Cole wrote: I'm looking for an IBM written mapping macro for the ISPF statistics found in PDS directory entries. I've searched high and low, but I'm not having much luck. We had the same issue and ended up constructing our own. We never would have done so

IBM Mapping macro for ISPF statistics in PDS Directory entries?

Hi, I'm looking for an IBM written mapping macro for the ISPF statistics found in PDS directory entries. I've searched high and low, but I'm not having much luck. Certainly, I could write a mapping macro myself, but I'd rather not if IBM already has one. I know about IHAPDS

Re: PDS directory

On Mar 15, 2018, at 12:59 PM, scott Ford wrote: > > The reason we need to do this is to be able to write scripts to build a > module manifest list with source code versioning from GIT. Then I suspect the IDR data suggestion is your best bet. -- Pew, Curtis G

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e I can do that via the Binder or do I have to write an exit to BPAM >>processing, which I am trying to avoid. We are trying to insert GIT tag >>information into the directory header for our programs. >> > The Assembler macro STOW allows suppplying user information for a PDS &

Re: PDS directory

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oid. We are trying to insert GIT tag >information into the directory header for our programs. > The Assembler macro STOW allows suppplying user information for a PDS directory member entry. >Does any one else know another way ? These are

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Re: PDS directory

From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf of Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 1:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: PDS directory What is the "directory block header"? How would it be read

Re: PDS directory

What is the "directory block header"? How would it be read? On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 13:26:57 -0400 scott Ford wrote: :>I need to insert 30 bytes of user data in the directory block header of our product programs. :>Is there I can do that via the Binder or do I have to write an

PDS directory

All, I need to insert 30 bytes of user data in the directory block header of our product programs. Is there I can do that via the Binder or do I have to write an exit to BPAM processing, which I am trying to avoid. We are trying to insert GIT tag information into the directory header for our

PDS Directory Errors in zOS 1.13

According to my uncertain memory, there was a change in PDS directory code between zOS 1.12 and zOS 1.13. This caused PDS directory errors under certain conditions, resulting in corrupted or lost pointers. If the affected member was not referenced, the problem remained hidden. Unfortunately

Re: PDS Directory Errors in zOS 1.13

> According to my uncertain memory, there was a change in PDS > directory code between zOS 1.12 and zOS 1.13. This caused PDS > directory errors under certain conditions, resulting in corrupted or > lost pointers. If the affected member was not referenced, the > problem

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

In 4244327715204510.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu, on 09/11/2012 at 08:42 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com said: You veered away from the topic of my question I was addressing different issues; whether a fake [BQ]SAM read of the directory returns actual TTR's at all, and

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

In p0624080bcc7321fafda9@[192.168.1.11], on 09/10/2012 at 01:03 AM, Robert A. Rosenberg hal9...@panix.com said: At 15:30 -0400 on 09/07/2012, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote about Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?: Got paraphrase of WAD. Broken as designed

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

In 000801cd8f44$116df7a0$3449e6e0$@att.net, on 09/10/2012 at 06:04 AM, Kenneth J. Kripke kenneth_kri...@att.net said: Next will come the member NAME, ttr, C field, and, the number of TTRN's. You will want to AND out the C field. Then multiply the number of ttrn's by 2 to convert to bytes.

Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

Ref: z/os V1R13.0 DFSMS Using Data Sets, SC26-7410-11 This has the structure of a PDS Directory Block. Since you will be most likely be using QSAM to process, the first half word will contain the maximum number of bytes used in the directory block. You won't see the COUNT and KEY fields

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:03:31 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: In this case it is WAD if you want to find the entries in any of the PDS and PDS(E) Libraries in the concatenation ignoring any HFS libraries encountered (and if the same name occurs in more than one library, return the first one

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

Paul Gilmartin's point---that consistent values among DDLIST, DESERV, and BLDL outputs is desirable---is important. Its importance would indeed be hard to exaggerate. Moreover, the time for jibbing at mixed-case values in reporting contexts is long past. They are not, as they should be, usable

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 08:19:53 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: BTW, I saw a quote from an earlier message, but not the message itself, talking about reading directory blocks from a PDSE. For the record, those are not the actual PDSE directory blocks[1][2] but fake blocks made to look like

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

See 'z/OS V1R12 DFSMS Using Data Sets', Chapter 26. It has a section titled 'Reading a PDS Directory Sequentially'. Chapter 27 has a similar section for reading a PDSE directory. Chris Blaicher Senior Software Engineer, Software Services Syncsort Incorporated 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

At 10:05 -0500 on 09/06/2012, Kirk Wolf wrote about Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?: But don't PDS directory blocks have keys on disk? IEBGENER won't copy those - your target dataset will be regular DSORG=PS. You can ignore the existence of the keys. Their sole

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

At 15:30 -0400 on 09/07/2012, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote about Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?: Got paraphrase of WAD. Broken as designed? That is BAD - ie: The design is wrong but the code works as the design says it should. WAD is Working As Designed

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

both skill sets, but a future maintainer might not). The PDS thing is kind of fun in C++. I have a PDS directory entry class that has a member that knows how to get the next entry in the block: inline int PDSdirEntryLen() { return (C.numberOfUserDataHalfwords * 2) + sizeof(memberName) + sizeof(C

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

In 07df01cd8c4d$b1408b20$13c1a160$@mcn.org, on 09/06/2012 at 09:35 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org said: Did you read my preceding post? g The one that denied the key field for PDS directory blocks? ;-) BTW, I saw a quote from an earlier message, but not the message itself, talking about

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:03:10 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: How many times has this wheel been re-invented? Yeah, I could use DESERV for the PDS instead of reading the directory, Does DESERV understand UNIX directories? ISTR not. And I suspect that ISPF still relies on reading PDS(E) directories

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

And I suspect that ISPF still relies on reading PDS(E) directories as PS data sets rather than using DESERV I would be astounded if ISPF doesn't use standard services. Since the format of PDSEs has never been published, and since directory space can be created when needed in non-contiguous

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

I seriously doubt ISPF can read the directory as a PS data set But that's the thing -- anyone can. It's fairly trivial. Follow the PDS directory read documentation, and it works like magic on a PDSE. (I have no knowledge or opinion on what ISPF actually does.) Charles -Original Message

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 15:30:25 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: Got paraphrase of WAD. Broken as designed? Something to the effect that DDLIST was designed to use ISPF services to support ISPF functions, and ISPF has no service to scan a UNIX directory. They also mentioned that DDLIST is

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

On 8/09/2012 1:49 AM, Bob Shannon wrote: Since the format of PDSEs has never been published, and since directory space can be created when needed in non-contiguous areas, I seriously doubt ISPF can read the directory as a PS data set. Well, if reading the directory with QSAM or BSAM counts,

Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

I want to make a PS (flat file) copy of the series of 256-byte blocks of a PDS directory. (I want to copy the data to another platform so I can test some code with it more readily.) I tried //GENEREXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSUT1 DD DSN=MY.PDS,DISP=SHR,RECFM=F

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

Specify LRECL On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 06:28:42 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: I want to make a PS (flat file) copy of the series of 256-byte blocks of a PDS directory. (I want to copy the data to another platform so I can test some code with it more readily.) I tried //GENEREXEC PGM=IEBGENER

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

Charles, If I recall when writing an Assembler Program for a STOW macro there were some pointers on how to dump a PDS Directory. And I think there may be information in the ISPF Manuals as well. Though I think you are better served by doing this with an assembler program. Also, remember IBM

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

Charles, You can create the file using IEFBR14 ...haven't tried to copy a directory to it ... Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote: I want to make a PS (flat file) copy of the series of 256-byte blocks of a PDS directory. (I want

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

Lizette's point that IBM can change the information in a PDS directory without notice is of course generically correct That conceded, such changes have been infrequent for many years; and the functional stabilization of PDS support that came about with the introduction of PDSEs makes further

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? I want to make a PS (flat file) copy of the series of 256-byte blocks of a PDS directory. (I want to copy the data to another platform so I can test some code with it more readily.) I tried //GENEREXEC PGM=IEBGENER

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

There are also software vendors that can change the information in a PDS directory without notice. PDSMAN and Endevor come to mind. Regards, John K John Gilmore of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu wrote on 09/06/2012 08:56:31 AM: Lizette's point that IBM can change

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 8:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? I want to make a PS (flat file) copy of the series of 256-byte blocks of a PDS directory. (I want to copy the data

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

The content of a PDS directory can of course change. How not? My points were two: 1) that it has been a very long time since changes in a mapping DSECT for a PDS directory block were required, and 2) that such changes are now highly unlikely. (Neither PDSMAN nor Endevor makes use of new

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

don't know about overrides in JCL DD and ALLOCATE commands? Adding to my prior remark, specify _everything_ in SYSUT1 DD. DSORG, RECFM, LRECL, BLKSIZE. On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 09:56:31 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: Lizette's point that IBM can change the information in a PDS directory without notice

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

I'm certain that you can read a PDS directory by specifying a DD with DSORG=PS,RECFM=F,LRECL=256,BLKSIZE=256. But don't PDS directory blocks have keys on disk? IEBGENER won't copy those - your target dataset will be regular DSORG=PS. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com +1

Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 9:55 AM Subject: Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:14:43 +, Bill Fairchild wrote: Assuming you have the authority to do so, superzap the F1 DSCB for your source PDS so

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

9:55 AM Subject: Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:14:43 +, Bill Fairchild wrote: Assuming you have the authority to do so, superzap the F1 DSCB for your source PDS so that its DSORG is PS instead of PO. Then do your IEBGENER

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

Chris Webster's JCL will do the job, and I like its restraint. The input BLKSIZE= is necessary and is specified. An output BLKSIZE= is inappropriate and is not specified. Moreover, while I have never myself encountered a PDS directory that filled even five 3390 crypto-cylinders, reference

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

, September 06, 2012 10:21 AM Subject: Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? Tony, That will list the members, I think Charles wants the hex data found in the directory itself. I am not sure there is an option on LISTD that will dump the HEX data of the directory itself

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

-main To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 9:55 AM Subject: Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:14:43 +, Bill Fairchild wrote: Assuming you have the authority to do so, superzap the F1 DSCB for your source PDS

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? Specify LRECL On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 06:28:42 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: I want to make a PS (flat file) copy of the series of 256-byte blocks of a PDS directory. (I want to copy the data to another platform so I can test some code with it more

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

that it is not GUPI. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 6:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? Charles

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

But don't PDS directory blocks have keys on disk? I don't *think* so. In any event I just want something I can FTP to another box and that will behave like reading the first few blocks of a PDS with B/QSAM, so the keys don't matter to me. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

In CAHm_n2=y0-wuhodm8q0cyfat2edh-u8mpco4jd0o_sdjc91...@mail.gmail.com, on 09/06/2012 at 10:05 AM, Kirk Wolf k...@dovetail.com said: But don't PDS directory blocks have keys on disk? Yes, but the OP asked for 256 bytes, suggesting that he doesn't need the keys and in fact is not prepared

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

In 071a01cd8c33$88e2d440$9aa87cc0$@mcn.org, on 09/06/2012 at 06:28 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org said: Anyone know how to accomplish this, short of writing an assembler program to do it? Write a PL/I or REXX program to read the directory. Assuming that you don't need the key, the DCB

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? In 071a01cd8c33$88e2d440$9aa87cc0$@mcn.org, on 09/06/2012 at 06:28 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org said: Anyone know how to accomplish this, short of writing an assembler program to do it? Write a PL/I or REXX

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

If you are in tso 3.4 and looking at the pds directory and you issue: SAVE LIST you will get a sequential file with: USERID.LIST.MEMBERS IIRC On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:39 AM, John Gilmore jwgli...@gmail.com wrote: Lizette is correct. There is/was no such option. There are a number

Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

Engineer Connect:Direct for z/OS __ I want to make a PS (flat file) copy of the series of 256-byte blocks of a PDS directory. (I want to copy the data to another platform so I can test some code with it more readily.) I tried //GENEREXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSUT1 DD DSN

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Thompson Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 2:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? Try IDCAMS. You do a REPRO of your PDS where you give the count that matches the number of directory blocks

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file? Not sure what it is the OP wants but the IEHLIST may be all they need. Also works for PDS/e. Regards, Herman Stocker It is impossible to make anything foolproof, because fools are so ingenious. -- Robert Heinlein

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

In 07b601cd8c4a$4065bbd0$c1313370$@mcn.org, on 09/06/2012 at 09:11 AM, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org said: But don't PDS directory blocks have keys on disk? I don't *think* so. Always has, always will. From z/OS DFSMS Using Data Sets. SC26-7410-09: 3.7.2 PDS Directory PDS member

Re: Anyone know how to copy a PDS directory as a flat file?

On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:30:57 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: Nope, the below is one of the answers to the OP's question. (The OP would be you, right?) It also works for PDSE, believe it or not. It says that in Using Data Sets, 3.8.11 Reading a PDSE Directory: You can read a PDSE directory