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> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Seymour J Metz > Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? > Date: January 10, 2024 at 7:20:00 AM CST > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > Admittedly the initial VSAM had warts, but the first cu

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יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Edward Gould <04bcc43af339-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 2:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Fwd: What is the PDS command? > Begin

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> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Seymour J Metz > Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? > Date: January 4, 2024 at 6:22:39 AM CST > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > Paper?! For, e.g., SYSABEND, SYSUDUMP, on SPOOL you can

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smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Colin Paice Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 8:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? I remember (45 years ago, b

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M Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of Edward Gould <04bcc43af339-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> > Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 2:54 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? > > > On Dec 27, 2023, at 4:57 AM, David Spiegel < >

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o: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? > On Dec 27, 2023, at 4:57 AM, David Spiegel > <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Hi Ed, > You and your programmer were not impressed?! > How can you not be impressed by the ability to

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> On Dec 27, 2023, at 4:57 AM, David Spiegel > <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Hi Ed, > You and your programmer were not impressed?! > How can you not be impressed by the ability to add Directory Blocks (by > moving members out of the way), the ability to generate JCL

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- - John Wooden -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Brennan Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 10:18 AM To:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? Possibly the only file on the CBT that has its own web page, and it certainly

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- - John Wooden -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Brennan Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 10:18 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? Possibly the only file on the CBT that has its own web page, and it certainly deserv

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Possibly the only file on the CBT that has its own web page, and it certainly deserves it. I can't imagine working without it. Thanks to John Kalinich and all those who came before. On 12/27/2023 2:05 AM, Mike Schwab wrote: https://www.cbttape.org/freepds.htm On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 3:58 AM

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Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of David Spiegel <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 9:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? Hi Gil, Of course they do. The PDS Command Processor, however, does it dire

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Hi Gil, Of course they do. The PDS Command Processor, however, does it directly in the same Dataset without switching panels (REPR Command). Regards, David On 2023-12-27 08:36, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:57:03 -0500, David Spiegel wrote: ..,, the ability to copy member

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On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:57:03 -0500, David Spiegel wrote: >..,, the ability to copy members (with ISPF Stats) ... > Don't IEBCOPY and ISPF copy (LMMCOPY) both do that? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acc

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t for about a week and was not to impressed at the time. It may or may not have been updated in the last 40 years. I tried to get a programmer interested in it but he was not impressed. Ed Begin forwarded message: From: Roger Bolan Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? Date: December 15, 2023 at

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ssed at the time. It may or may not > have been updated in the last 40 years. I tried to get a programmer > interested in it but he was not impressed. > Ed > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: Roger Bolan > > Subject: Re: What is the PDS command?

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ded message: > > From: Roger Bolan > Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? > Date: December 15, 2023 at 6:11:25 PM CST > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > It's all built into ISPF nowadays. I would suggest that it is worth yo

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; > > /* > > > Paul > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of > John Pratt > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2023 5:09 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? > > Hi Bob, > &g

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December 15, 2023 5:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is the PDS command? Hi Bob, If I remember correctly =3.14 has a batch option and you can concatenate all your JCL libraries into the generated job. John. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On B

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Subject: What is the PDS command? Long ago I wrote - I'm pretty sure I wrote - a REXX exec that would do a 3.14 search through multiple libraries for a character string. I'm looking for it now, and I find one in my archives that uses the PDS command to do the search. But what's

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4:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: What is the PDS command? Long ago I wrote - I'm pretty sure I wrote - a REXX exec that would do a 3.14 search through multiple libraries for a character string. I'm looking for it now, and I find one in my archives that uses the PDS com

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On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:58:51 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote: >... >The ISPF/HLASM SUPERC search function, available natively in z/OS, might >be a good alternative... > Some documentation here: -- gil --

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On 12/15/2023 1:55 PM, Bob Bridges wrote: But what's the PDS command? I've a strong suspicion that I wrote this at a client that had a popular CBTTAPE utility, and if so it's not appropriate for my current location. Can someone confirm? Yes, the PDS command is excellent "shareware" that does

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>> But what's the PDS command? I've a strong suspicion that I wrote this at a >> client that had a popular CBTTAPE utility, and if so it's not appropriate >> for my current location. Can someone confirm? ISPF has SRCHFOR which can be issued from DSLIST (3.4) https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2

What is the PDS command?

Long ago I wrote - I'm pretty sure I wrote - a REXX exec that would do a 3.14 search through multiple libraries for a character string. I'm looking for it now, and I find one in my archives that uses the PDS command to do the search. But what's the PDS command? I've a strong suspicion that I wro