A first or second qualifier of Dyymmm would be fine. If the first qualifier you would have a problem cataloging the file on your own system, however since this would be a new foreign tape received once a day/week/month from the other customer, I am not sure that cataloging it on your system is a requirement. Also, the dataset security issue that was mentioned may or may not be a problem depending on your Tape Management System and operating system level. For example, it would not be a problem with CA-1 and would not be a problem with DFSMSrmm at the z/OS 1.8 level. They both have options available to avoid the security rule requirement for foreign tapes.
Russell Witt CA-1 Level-2 Support Manager -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Zos / file creation / dates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hello, > > Am interfacing w/ a customer who is working on an IBM 'box' w/ the Zos > O.S. and > natural. He is creating files for us but is having trouble creating a > file w/ today's date > in the filename. > > Can anyone help? (No unix like utilities are installed). > > In unix I would do something like : > set filename = myLogFile_`date +%Y%M%d`.log > > thanks, > tk > I am not sure what name you try to create, but you might be in conflict with z/OS dataset naming rules: z/OS datasets are a maximum of 44 characters, split into qualifiers of maximum 8 characters and not starting wita a numeric, with a period in between them, like: Q1.Q2.Q3.Q4 It looks that the first qualifier "date070328.log' is too long (10 characters). Try something like 'D070328.log' Furthermore, your security system will probably enforce naming standards, so a first qualifier like this won't probably be acceptable. Kees. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
