Dave: This is an example of how I do that: /* CHKID: Determine if a userid exists */ Parse Source . . exnm . exmsg = '*' exnm':' exerr = exmsg 'ERROR -' Parse UPPER Arg uid . If uid = '' | uid = '?' Then Do Say exmsg 'Determine if a userid exists' Say Say 'Command Format:' exnm 'userid' Say Exit '99' End cpcmd = 'CP LINK' uid Parse Value Diagrc(8,cpcmd) With xrc . cpresp '15'x Select When xrc = '22' Then Say exmsg 'Userid' uid 'exists.' When xrc = '53' Then Say exerr 'Userid' uid 'does NOT exist.' Otherwise Do Say exerr exerr 'Unknown response to:' cpcmd '-rc='xrc Say exerr cpresp Exit xrc End End Exit
Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 10/25/2007 10:15 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject How can I find if a user is defined in the directory (without looking!)? ---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- Sender: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> Poster: Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: How can I find if a user is defined in the directory (without looking!)? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, I have an EXEC that I wish to use to TRANS the console files from another userid for a given period of time. I would like to check if the userid given the EXEC actually exists. I looked at the CMS QUERY which does stack the results, but userid is not part of the CMS query. The CP Query does let me know about the user, but doesn't stack the results. The CP MSG (and SMSG) & IND USER don't care about the userid, and an invalid userid is always NOT LOGGED ON. It looks like I almost need to spool and close my console to get the results of my CP Query. I suppose I could just issue the TRANS against an invalid userid and let it fail. Any thoughts from the group? Thank you, Dave Hansen Sr. Systems Programmer Hennepin County