I still use IEHPROGM to delete members of a PDS. Because I can... On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> On 2015-07-22 14:46, John Eells wrote: > > > > The syntax is pretty clearly documented in Access Method Services... > > > It is. I was mostly commenting on your brevity. > > > > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt2i2a1/20.1.1?SHELF=all13be9&DT=20120126090739&CASE= > > > > Says: "If you are deleting a member of a non-VSAM partitioned data set, > the entryname must be specified in the format: pdsname(membername). If you > specify the entryname in the format of a partition data set, pdsname(*), > the command deletes all the members in the partition data set." > > > Ooooh! But what if you have a member named "*"? Easy enough to > do with standard IBM utilities and documented options nowadays: > > z/OS V2 R1 BINDER 15:12:43 WEDNESDAY JULY 22, 2015 > BATCH EMULATOR JOB(MIXPROG ) STEP(STEP2 ) PGM= IEWL > IEW2278I B352 INVOCATION PARAMETERS - CASE=MIXED > IEW2322I 1220 1 INCLUDE -ATTR,SYSLIB(IEBGENER) > IEW2322I 1220 2 NAME *(R) > ... > SAVE OPERATION SUMMARY: > > MEMBER NAME * > LOAD LIBRARY &SYSUID..TEMP.MIXLIB > PROGRAM TYPE LOAD MODULE > VOLUME SERIAL TSO007 > MAX BLOCK 32760 > DISPOSITION ADDED NEW > TIME OF SAVE 15.12.44 JUL 22, 2015 > > (I know: "Don't do that!" I'm just wearing my Black Team cape today. > > Hmmm... Entering D as a line command in a member list deletes only > member "*"; entering "DEL /(*)" on the DS list deletes "*" and all > other members. Is there any way to specify I want literal member "*", > not the wildcard? Is there any way to specify that I want exactly > those members that begin with "a" (yes, lower case)?) > > > >> https://xkcd.com/1532/ > >> ... tells me only (mostly) about DB2. > > > Oops! I meant (I hope): > https://www.google.com/search?q=coalesce+site%3Aibm.com > > > I must confess that I see no connection between that xkcd cartoon and > DB2. > > > You're right. This comes closer: > https://xkcd.com/327/ > > >But maybe this will help? > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/dgt2u2b1/2.3.5.1?SHELF=all13be9&DT=20120113165441&CASE= > > > Wow! Other contributors here have told me that since I'm not a > storage administrator, I should *never* use ADRDSSU. I think I > see why. But I believe also that I see some elitism. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
