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eswar

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:11 pm
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hi friends,


PLz tell me, can we edit a tape, dasd



Thank u in Advance,
eswar
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isdharsana

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:54 pm
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hi, i face the same question in an interview, can anyone answer for this?
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sunnyk

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:03 pm
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I guess we can edit DASD records but not tape records.But i am not pretty sure.

And we can`t alter limit in GDG.
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ovreddy

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:36 pm
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Hi,

We cannot edit tape files but we can override existing files. If you want to learn more about tape file handling just go through the material avialable in
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/ic2924/info/rzatb/rzatb.pdf

We can change GDG limit by using ALTER GDG option of IDCAMS utility.

//JOBCARD...
//*-------------------------------------------------------------------*
//* Alter GDG limit
//*-------------------------------------------------------------------//*
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSIN DD *
ALTER -
GDG -
LIMIT(20)
/*

20 is a new limit.

Bye,
Reddy.
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