How to create or replace a member in TSO/ISPF?

maridawson · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 59 Location: chennai

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:33 pm

PF1 is Your friend, and also the manuals

read the documentation for the edit commands REPLACE and CREATE

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:18 pm

Hello,

You might also spend some time in the online tutorial (which is available via PF1 from the ispf primary option menu).

maridawson · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 59 Location: chennai

hi dick,

for creating - cre .zf .zl (memname)
for replacing - repl .zf .zl (memname) ........ inside any library member will create or replace a member ...... i want to know is there any other way to create a member and replace from command line........?

Thanks,

ofer71 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:27 am

Yes, you can use ISPF services (LMMADD/LMMREP) for that.

O.

murmohk1 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:28 am

Jai,
how about edit(member) to create anempty member???

maridawson · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 59 Location: chennai

hi ofer,
can u please elaborate on that ...... ? i dont know about those commands.......

hi murali,
i was just asking if there are any commands that we can give in the command line directly .......

edit(pdsname) will create an empty member ....... but i am just asking about the commands that we can give directly in the command line that will create empty member or replace a member ........

thanks,
mari

ofer71 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:54 am

These are not commands, but ISPF services. You can use ISPF services from within REXX, for example, and invoke the REXX as a command.

O.

maridawson · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 59 Location: chennai

thanks ofer,
i need to know is there any other ispf commands to create and replace member .......... other than cre and repl .........

i found one for creating member ....... sel (newmemname) in the command line inside a library that was opened in edit mode will create a new member .......

thanks,
mari

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:01 pm

what particular requirement do You have that
You not satisfied with the available options ( replace, create) ??

maridawson · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 59 Location: chennai

hi enrico,
i just wanted to know if any other options are available? just a curiosity

......

thanks,
mari.

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

I guess you can "s newmem" from the cmd line, then "copy oldmem".

or "cut append" data from oldmem(s), then s newmem & "paste".

There are probably others -- stay tuned.

Pedro · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:33 pm

This is the ISPF forum... but you can do things outside of ISPF.

From rexx you can use the ALLOCATE command and EXECIO to write records.