>The problem is that they want to know if there is a way to automatically catalog datasets at creation time, to which I told them we could, but only 1 of them because you can't catalog two datasets with the same name.
Generate the RENAME cards in the same program/JCL to rename the file from HLQ.FICHE.TAPE to HLQ.FICHE.TAPE.Yccyy.Mmm.Ddd.Thhmmss Run those rename control cards thru IDCAMS in the same JCL Thannks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN