On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:20:35 -0800, Sri h Kolusu wrote: > >If you don't have File manager then you can go the traditional route of >punching(PGM=IEBPTPCH) the pds members to a sequential dataset and then >using SORT to create the VB file. > >//****************************************************************** >//* PUNCH ALL MEMBERS TO A SEQUENTIAL FILE (CREATES AN FBA FILE) * >//****************************************************************** >//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=IEBPTPCH >//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* >//SYSUT1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=Your Input FB PDS >//SYSUT2 DD DSN=&&PDSMEM,DISP=(,PASS),SPACE=(CYL,(X,Y),RLSE) >//SYSIN DD * > PUNCH TYPORG=PO >//* I haven't used this beast, apparently described in:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/nl/en-us/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.idau100/iebptpc.htm ... and it's becoming apparent why not. I deem the documentation horrible! (Or perhaps I haven't looked in the proper places.) Where does it answer such basic questions as: o How are input member images separated in the output sequential data set? o Can the programmer control the format of separator? How? o Regardless of the format of the separator, how are input records which by happenstance mimic that separator protected in the output data set? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN