So I came across this interesting snippet... "You can also use cp to copy files to and from MVS™ data sets. If you specify more than one file to be copied, the target (last path name on command line) must be either a directory or a partitioned data set. *If the target is an MVS partitioned data set, the source cannot be a UNIX directory."*
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.bpxa500/cp.htm So isnt your source a UNIX directory? /u/me/pdsdir/* Joe On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 11:03 AM Lionel B Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Removing -v did not affect the results - still back to INPUT ☹ > > Thanks - great idea > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what > you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Joe Monk > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 10:26 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Use of BPXWUNIX and CP - a weekend quandary. > > What happens if you omit -v? > > Joe > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 10:13 AM Lionel B Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm running a rexx script under the OMVS shell and have an anomaly > > that I need help with. > > > > > > > > I'm copying a OMVS directory that contains a lot of files into a PDS > > where each file results in a PDS member. > > > > > > > > The command is similar to: cp -A -U -v /u/me/pdsdir/* "//'hlq.my.pds'" > > > > > > > > When there are fewer than 20-30 files the cp runs just fine. > > > > > > > > When there are more (I don't know what that number is yet but in > > excess of > > 30 but less than 100) the shell input status changes from RUNNING to > > INPUT and will not proceed until I hit ENTER. I've waited and ENTER is > a must. > > > > > > > > I've 2 bpxwunix environment variables set: > > > > env.1 = '_BPX_SHAREAS=YES' > > > > env.2 = '_BPX_SPAWN_SCRIPT=YES' > > > > env.0 = 2 > > > > > > > > Note that this does NOT occur when I SSH into the z/OS system and run > > the rexx script from that interface. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any tips/hints/suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > > Website: <https://www.lbdsoftware.com> https://www.lbdsoftware.com > > > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is > > what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John > > Wooden > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
