Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-25 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <132401d04fbc$92d171b0$b8745510$@mcn.org>, on 02/23/2015 at 03:00 PM, Charles Mills said: >I'm trying to do the following and I know it does not work because >IDCAMS says >IDC2559I MEMBER CAN NOT BE SPECIFIED WITH A GENERIC NAME You have an asterisk as an index level in the dsname. >But

Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:09:57 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >Well, one answer would be that it is step 5 of a 14-step batch job. Another >answer would be "because I don't have a Solaris system, know nothing about >them, and have my plate full already of stuff that I AM supposed to be >learning and

Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-23 Thread Charles Mills
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 4:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name? On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:00:52 -0800, Char

Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:00:52 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >I'm trying to do the following and I know it does not work because IDCAMS >says >IDC2559I MEMBER CAN NOT BE SPECIFIED WITH A GENERIC NAME > >But is there a way to do something like this, without restricting the job to >V2R1 and symbols in S

Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-23 Thread Charles Mills
Ha! You're a genius! Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sri h Kolusu Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 3:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name? Ch

Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-23 Thread Charles Mills
3:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name? There a couple of programs on the CBTTAPE (cbttape.org) that can empty a PDS or PDSe. As stated, the PDS command can also be used. Using IEFBR14, you can a little simpler than what you specified. //DEL

Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-23 Thread Sri h Kolusu
2 PM: > From: Charles Mills > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 02/23/2015 03:01 PM > Subject: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name? > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > I'm trying to do the following and I know it does not work because IDCAMS > says > I

Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-23 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
ion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 6:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name? I'm trying to do the following and I know it does not work because IDCAMS says IDC2559I MEMBER CAN NOT

Re: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-23 Thread J O Skip Robinson
[mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 3:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name? I'm trying to do the following and I know it does not work because IDCAMS says IDC2559I MEMBER CAN N

Delete all members from PDS with symbolic in name?

2015-02-23 Thread Charles Mills
I'm trying to do the following and I know it does not work because IDCAMS says IDC2559I MEMBER CAN NOT BE SPECIFIED WITH A GENERIC NAME But is there a way to do something like this, without restricting the job to V2R1 and symbols in SYSIN? I want to delete all members of a PDS where the PDS is