>>> I need to generate a listcat with only the dsn. like in 3.4 but I > want it in a dataset with ONLY the dsn.
Elaine, If your intention is to just get list of all datasets for a particular HLQ, then it is quite simple. Run LISTCAT via TSO and then strip off the unwanted data. Something like this // EXPORT SYMLIST=* // SET HLQ='ELAINE' //* //************************************************************* //* ISSUE LISTCAT ON LEVEL FOR THE USERID ** //************************************************************* //STEP0100 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 //SYSTSPRT DD DSN=&&L,DISP=(,PASS),SPACE=(CYL,(5,5),RLSE), // DCB=(LRECL=80,RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=0) //SYSTSIN DD *,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY LISTCAT LEVEL('&HLQ') NAME //* //************************************************************* //* STRIP OFF THE HEADERS AND CATALOG INFO FROM THE LISTCAT ** //* OUTPUT AND CREATE LIST OF THE DATASETS FOR THE USER ** //************************************************************* //STEP0200 EXEC PGM=SORT //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SORTIN DD DISP=(OLD,PASS),DSN=&&L //SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * OPTION COPY OMIT COND=(01,05,CH,EQ,C'READY',OR, 01,03,CH,EQ,C'END',OR, 06,06,CH,EQ,C'IN-CAT',OR, 03,08,CH,EQ,C'LISTCAT ') INREC BUILD=(17,44) //* Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN