So that was what IPOUPDTE looked for with the BLDL... Interesting. Thanks for that piece of trivia.
I just zapped the BC after the BLDL and made it a B. On Tue Aug 19 12:06 , Wayne Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Gary, >The program was named IPOUPDTE and the "trick" to make it work was the >existence of a member name (IIRC) $$$COIBM. >Search the CBT tape, I believe that a similar program does exist. > >Wayne Driscoll >Product Developer >NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]','','','')">[EMAIL >PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green >Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:45 AM >To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU >Subject: Way... Back question... > >All you IBM'ers out there reading this, please delete this message and keep >moving... I'm serious now, move on... There is nothing for you to see >here... >. >. >. > >Now that they're gone... > >Way, WAY back, IBM provided a utility in IPO1.LINKLIB (at least I think that's >where it was) which would allow one to perform mass changes (edits) against a >typical 80/80 PDS; JCL, TEXT, etc... IBM provided it to mass-edit IPO type >datasets during the system build process. The last time I recall getting a >copy was during an OS/390 upgrade... I think is was called something like, >SYSUPDAT or something along those lines. > >While an extremely useful utility, it was coded to only allow changes against >IBM "supplied" datasets. However, if one knew exactly where to ZAP the load >module, the utility could be used against any PDS; which is what I did, and >boy, was that thing useful while performing a couple of my day-to-day >responsibilities... > >When I would move from shop to shop, that was when I worked for the consulting >company, I would take my "toolkit" (every TSO PDS I had) with me, unload the >toolkit to disk at the new site, including an XMI and IEBCOPY format of the >loadlib which contained the utility, run this utility against every text-based >PDS I brought with me and I would be up and ready to pickup where I left off. >It was great! > >Well, I lost my, er..., copy during a hard drive failure a few years ago; on >one of our in-house P/390's. Now that I am moving on to another shop, I find >I will need it again. I have at least 4 dozen PDS's I will need to "mass >edit" when I get to my next shop. I would really like another copy of this >utility to make the mass changes necessary. Does anyone know OF this utility >and if so, is it still around and if so, where could I find it? > >I looked in the CPAC loadlib(s) and it's not there. > >Thanks in advance for any help. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
