how to expand the copy book the jcl itself?

jspaulpeter · New User Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 12

hi friends,

i want see the copy book in the jcl itself? that is expand the copy book
what is command used for that.

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:27 am

Hello,

If i understand what you want, you can get it using IEBGENER.

This will let you run some JCL and in the output will be the contents of the copybook.

jspaulpeter · New User Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 12

hello i know after compile the program
the copy book expand in spool
i want with compile the program that is the jcl itself i want expand the copy book. do you know any command for that.

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:52 am

Hello,

Can you give a short example of what this is asking for?

ofer71 · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:53 pm

I've read the post 4 times, still couldn't understand the question...

O.

jspaulpeter · New User Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 12

actully after compile the cobol program. the copy book expand in the spool.

i asked that in the compile jcl itself can i expand the copy book and copy lib
that is my question?

jspaulpeter · New User Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 12

William Thompson · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:55 pm

Go to the pds and look at the member or print it out. That is all the copybook is, a member in a pds.

Mohan Makana · New User Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 18

If I am not wrong ...the Question is...

How do you expand the dataset according to the corresponding copybook of the file While browsing/editing dataset from the JCL.

e.g. type CB(It varies) at the COMMAND prompt , place the cursor on the particular file and press ENTER...the file opens in browse mode 'C-CHAR' but he wants to see the file contents in 'F-Fmt' browse mode.

Please let me know ...If I am wrong.

Thanks,
Mohan.

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:39 pm

Hello,

Please note that while your question is quite clear to you it is not to others. That is why i posted the following:

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

This happens (understandably) quite often. I suggested once that the poster compose the ques in their native language and ask a co-worker with a better command of English to translate it.

Some thought I was being sarcastic, but I was sincere.

Another thought: Perhaps a place here, at ibmmainframes, where a poster can go to get this kind of help.

jinal_mca · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:29 pm

See JCL is having lots of pre-written programs that is called utilities..

-See for copying any ps\pds we have utility called IEBGENER..
-Include it in ur jcl stmt and assign to pgm positional parameter of exec stmt.
-then use data defination stmt to copy.
hope this will work.
If u want to have syntax then let m know.
cya

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

If your site has FileAid, I think option 8 under utilities is where you'll find it.

It gives the offsets and lengths in addition to the PIC.

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:46 am

Hello Jack,

Good thought. If they have fileaid, it could also be run in batch and then the "expanded" copybook would be "in the jcl".

If would be nice if jspaulpeter would post an example of what is really desired. . .

eHorizon.Andrew · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:06 am

shitij · New User Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 31 Location: Delhi

OK...now here is another way to do it.

If you know JMUTIL (utility) in JCL...what it does is that it will copy the entire job spool to a PS file (of your desired choice).

If you have the spool in a PS file, just take that file as input and then you may extract the copybook (in the expanded form) from the spool...use some INCLUDE condition.

Get back to me if it is not clear...I am pretty sure this can be achieved this way.

ksannigeri · New User Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 18

eHorizon.Andrew · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:02 pm

hi, ksannigeri

I have tried your method , get the error"Command CB not found"..

clear me if any errors...

thanks,

acevedo · Active User Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 344 Location: Spain

Me, like ofer71, have read the post several times... and I'm lost at all.

if you want to see the lenght/offsets.... you could use Fileaid, Startool, FileManager (and sure many other tools)

If you want to expand the copybook from your program many shops have homeground utilites or just edit the library/member...

In the jcl? maybe you are including your cobol source in a jcl compilation?

You see, we are all here trying to guess what the OP is asking...not a good idea until, as other said, he post an example...

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:30 pm

Hello,

Please submit the suggested IEBGENER. Then post the JCL you submitted as well as the output files. Please post all of this as "code".

We will see the expanded copybook in the "jcl".

If you want to view it directly, go into tso and just browse the member.

If for some reason you did not want to use IEBGENER, you could accomplish the same thing with SORT or a little COBOL program that you would write that would read a file (copybook member) and print it.

Things like CB are site specific - they are not part of the standard environment.

Praveen Kumar Singh · New User Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Mumbai

Hi All,

As I understand the question......jspaulpeter wants to see the Expanded copybook in the JCL exactly like in Cobol program we see it in Expanded mode in WB.22 option or write EXPAND in command line after opening the program.

In JCL type JSCAN command and all Copybooks and PROCS will be seen in expanded mode.

Thanks,
Praveen