I use data set lists in the ISPF workplace (option 11) for similar reasons. I have rarely used 3.4 for decades.
-- Tom Marchant On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 13:14:54 -0400, Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: >No, sorry, what I really mean is that instead of going to ISPF option 2 and >typing in a DSN, I generally type "tso ed <dsn>" on the ISPF command line. >Same for VW and BR, and a few other REXX execs. > >The ED, BR and VW commands run the DSN I give it through RENDSN, a routine >that checks the string against a list I maintain. So if I say "tso ed jg", >it'll look up JG and return the name of whatever PDS I'm using at the current >installation for general JCL. The RENDSN list has a few dozen DSNs in it that >I use often enough to bother recording them; that way I don't have to remember >the name of the production CFILE, or where the SuperSession parms are stored, >or whether at this client the common REXX library for the security team is >this or that. So most of my most commonly used "DSNs" are really two- or >three-char shortcuts. Saves me some thinking and a lot of typing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
