Yes. Thanks for pointing that out as it is supported by the OS. The only problem might be if "joe programmer" doesn't have a OMVS segment and the default segment isn't defined. But I really don't know if BPXWDYN requires it. Maybe Paul G. knows or someone else.
Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:24:00 -0600, Big Iron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The BPXWDYN function, available in REXX, allows you to concatenate a list of >ddnames. > >e.g. > call bpxwdyn "concat ddlist(somedd,dd1,dd2) msg(2)" >would concat dd1 and dd2 to somedd. > >Bill > >On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:28:24 -0600, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:34:32 -0500, Martin, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> >>>All, >>> >>> >>> >>>(For "allocating" existing datasets) Can someone give an example of a >>>TSO ALLOCATE command that uses concatenated datasets, where one of the >>>datasets is NOT cataloged? Is it possible? >>> >> >>It's not possible with ALLOCATE by itself. But you can ALLOCATE an >>uncataloged data set by itself to a separate DDNAME and then use >>one of the "CONCAT" commands floating around to concatenate them >>together (see http://www.cbttape.org). >> >>Example: >> >>ALLOC FI(NOTCAT) DA('dsn.not.catalog') + >> SHR REUSE UNIT(SYSALLDA) VOL(vvvvvv) >>ALLOC FI(MYDD) DA('cat.dsn.#1' + >> 'cat.dsn.#2' + >> 'cat.dsn.#3') SHR REUSE >>CONCAT (MYDD,NOTCAT) >>OPENFILE MYDD INPUT >>... >> >> >>Mark >>-- >>Mark Zelden >>Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead >>Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO >>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ >>Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
