Dan, Thanks for the clarification. Now I think I understand. I am only allowed one wildcard in the mix, doesn't matter where it is placed. A.B.C.D.E.* *.B.C.D.E.F A.*.C.D.E.F A.B.*.D.E.F A.B.C.D.*.F Brings back memories of kindergarten. Thanks for the AHA moment. Many thanks.
________________________________ From: Dan <mvs-j...@sympatico.ca> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU; Esmie Moo <esmie_...@yahoo.ca> Cc: Dan <mvs-j...@sympatico.ca> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 1:21:49 PM Subject: Re: IDCAMS ODDITY? Hi Esmie, Peter said... " The restriction is to one wildcarded qualifier." as in.... USERID.*.CNTL or USERID.TEST.* or USERID.ABC.DEF.GHI.*.CNTL I believe that USERID.T*.CNTL may also work. The IDCAMS parser is not the same as for DF/DSS and the qualifier.** does not do what you want. IDCAMS is an old tool and a single * is all that's allowed...anywhere within the dsname. Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
