Thanks. I totally remember that wrong. I wish it were like ISPF 3.4 dataset list.
-- 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 Farley, Peter x23353 > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:58 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IDCAMS ODDITY? > > John, > > Actually that's not true. The restriction is to one wildcarded > qualifier. It does not necessarily need to be the last. > > The OP's original example > > BAST.PROM1.*.*.*.* > > Is correctly coded as > > BAST.PROM1.** > > But AFAIK this is just as legal: > > BAST.PROM1.**.D12191 > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 12:44 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IDCAMS ODDITY? > > 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 > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and > confidential. 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