(I'll cross-post this Reply to IBM-MAIN and ISPF-L) On Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:23:30 -0500, Brian Westerman wrote:
>Wait, I missed the part where it was completely deleted. Sorry about that. I >thought it was just overwritten. > "completely deleted" vs. "just overwritten" seems to be a distinction without a difference. In either case aren't the data gone forever? On my desktop system several applications have a File menu containing a Revert option which displays a selection list of versions with timestamps. ISPF designers seem to have missed the point <https://www.ies.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1023396766-460x345.gif>. Revert should be a separate option from Delete, a distinction with a difference. It should support PDSE2 members containing a mixture of versions created with ISPF and with other applications. For versions lacking ISPF timestamps For versions lacking ISPF timestamps the selection list should show FAMS timestamps. >On Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:18:45 -0500, Brian Westerman wrote: > >>I use PDSEGEN on z/OS 2.5 all the time and have no problem recovering old >>versions. >> >> >>On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 07:14:17 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck wrote: >> >>>If these are PDSE's with generations then the question is what release of >>>z/OS are you running? If 2.4 then the ISPF delete member selections will >>>delete all generations along with the base member. If 2.3 or earlier then >>>only the base (generation 0) member is deleted and the generations will >>>remain - just not accessible. >>> >>>If you are z/OS 2.3, or earlier, then you can use PDSEGEN (CBTTape file 969) >>>to see those 'ghost' generations and easily recover them. >>> >>>If you are z/OS 2.4 or 2.5 then hope you have HSM backups or some other >>>backup system. >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw >>>Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 7:01 AM >>> >>>Aaargghhh! >>> >>>I just pressed "D" next to a PDSe member I was editing, instead of "S". >>> >>>I have generations set up for this PDSe, but I cannot see how to get to the >>>member I just accidentally deleted. >>> >>>Is there a way to recover the member? >>> >>> <https://rsclweb.com/> https://rsclweb.com -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
