I didn't read the whole thread, so maybe my suggestion is duplicated. I had to do something similar and I found very nice stuff in dfsort website to work with dcollect output:
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/storage/software/sort/mvs/srtmdwn.html Look for dcollect symbols and icestgex jcls. You didn't say exactly what you need to do - my guess is that obtaining dataset names is just the first step, and you can have everything with it, including dataset attributes, information by volume and sms configuration. HTH, Walter. > I have a need to generate a listing of all production datasets. The way the > production datasets are identified is via the 4th byte of the high level > qualifier. If the 4th byte is a P, it is production. > > For example: EGMP.DATASET.ONE and DNUP.DATASET.ONE are production. > > EGMT.DATASET.ONE and DNUT.DATASET.ONE are test, etc. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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