WAD. You can only "wild card" the last node with IDCAMS. I have other utilities from other vendors which can do otherwise. Such a Co:Z Data Set Pipes' "catsearch", which is a UNIX command.
catsearch 'bast.prom1.**' |\ while read i;do tsocmd "alter $i mgmtclas(mnobk2)";done >From a UNIX shell which is properly set up. The alter can be left in lower >case because "tsocmd" automatically uppercases. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 . N. Richland Hills . TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone . john.mck...@healthmarkets.com . www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of esmie moo > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:33 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: IDCAMS ODDITY? > > Good Morning Gentle Readers, > > I am not sure if it is a fluke. I am trying to alter the MGMTCLASS of > a ton of dsns (SMS ACS for the MGMTCLAS has been changed) which are > migrated or on DASD. The dsns have 6 qualifiers. When I try this > ALTER command : > ALTER BAST.PROM1.*.*.*.* - > MGMTCLAS (MNOBK2) > > I get the following error message: > IDC3203I ITEM 'BAST.PROM1.*.*.*.*' DOES NOT ADHERE TO RESTRICTIONS > IDC3202I ABOVE TEXT BYPASSED UNTIL NEXT COMMAND. CONDITION CODE IS 12 > > However, I tried the following and it worked: > > ALTER BAST.PROM1.PROD.LIV.JCLLIB2.* - > MGMTCLAS (MNOBK5) > IDC0531I ENTRY BAST.PROM1.PROD.LIV.JCLLIB2.D12191 ALTERED > IDC0531I ENTRY BAST.PROM1.PROD.LIV.JCLLIB2.D12228 ALTERED > IDC0531I ENTRY BAST.PROM1.PROD.LIV.JCLLIB2.VER291 ALTERED > IDC0531I ENTRY BAST.PROM1.PROD.LIV.JCLLIB2.VER367 ALTERED > > Does this mean that IDCAMS will only accept a WILDCARD for the last > qualifier? > > Just curious if anybody has encountered this. > > Thanks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
