Don't overlook Alan Field's recently posted usermod that removes the hard-coded 3120 block size. But yes, XMIT with corresponding RECEIVE is a very handy way to flatten out and later re-inflate a PDS.
. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-302-7535 Office robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cieri, Anthony Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 12:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: IEBPTPCH (was: Read a PDS ...) The TSO Transmit command provide a very reliable (and reversible) method of converting a PDS (or PDSE ) into a sequential dataset!! Ex: XMIT NODE.DUMMY DA('SYS1.PARMLIB') OUTDS('SYS1.PARMLIB.TEMP.SEQ') The OUTDS will be allocated with DCB parameters of LRECL=80 RECFM=FB DSORG=PS and BLKSIZE=3120. Tony -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 1:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IEBPTPCH (was: Read a PDS ...) Thx <snip> Caution: From a retiree out of the game for 12 months.... //job etc etc //exec pgm=ikjeft01 //systsprt DD dsn=your.output,disp=(new....),dcb=lrecl=I don't remember //systsin DD * Printds hlq.your.PDS. or pdse <<snip>> Would you be willing to share? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of saul anthony babonas Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 11:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IEBPTPCH (was: Read a PDS ...) I've been following this discussion with some belated interest. Years ago I cooked up something dirt simple to turn a PDS into a SD file using the TSO print command. It wasn't very elegant but it got the job done at low cost. <</snip>> </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN