On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:10:55 -0600, McKown, John wrote: >Suppose the DSN is SYS3.SOMEPROD.V1R1M0.LINKLIB. Make an >alias called SYS3.SOMEPROD.PROD.LINKLIB which "points" to the >SYS3.SOMEPROD.V1R1M0.LINKLIB.... > >Now, the SYMBOLICRELATE alias occurred to me. That's where >an ALIAS, such as SYS3.SOMEPROD.PROD.LINKLIB can include >the &SYSNAME in the actual dataset name.
You can use any symbol in the name. >DEF ALIAS(NAME(SYS3.SOMEPROD.PROD.LINKLIB) > SYMBOLICRELATE(SYS3.SOMEPROD.SYS&SYSNAME..LINKLIB)) You want: DEF ALIAS(NAME(SYS3.SOMEPROD.PROD.LINKLIB) SYMBOLICRELATE(SYS3.SOMEPROD.&SOMEPRD..LINKLIB)) Note that the alias is eight characters, including the ampersand. > I don't know of a supported way to change the value of >&SOMEPROD without an IPL. This is on z/OS 1.10. Dennis mentioned SYMUPDTE. Search the archives for it. It is now called IEASYMUP. I have used it and it works well for this purpose. See: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG247328.html -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
