That works well for checking the catalog status *but* not the allocation status. For that you'll need to trap LISTALC or write your own.
Lionel B. Dyck <>< Github: https://github.com/lbdyck “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 Seymour J Metz Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 8:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Checking status of multiple datasets in CLIST and REXX Of course' how did I forget that :-( Thanks. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of kekronbekron <000002dee3fcae33-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 9:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Checking status of multiple datasets in CLIST and REXX There's a catalog search interface (CSI), and I think there's a sample REXX for using it in SAMPLIB. On Friday, December 29th, 2023 at 20:17, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > I need to check whether any of a list of datasets exists and whether any of a > list of ddnames is allocated. I'd rather not trap and parse the output of > LISTALC and LISTCAT, and I'd rather not call LISTDSI for each one. Is there a > simple way to do that in REXX, or would it be better to write a small service > routine in assembler? > > I don't have a requirement to handle XTIOT. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
