File creation date and time for PS/GDG version files

Baskaran Gunasekaran · New User Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Chennai

Hi,
I need to find the file creation date and time for a PS file/GDG version file.
Is there a way in REXX or any other tool that can help in obtaining the file creation date and especially the time when it was created.
Thanks

gcicchet · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:01 am

Hi Baski,

interrogating SMF records would be your best bet.

Gerry

expat · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:44 am

/RANT ON

When talking about GDS it is important to use the correct terminology, as both version and generation are both valid in terms of a GDS.

It is a well known fact that only one version of a GDS may exist at any one time, however, multiple generations may exist together.

Please learn and use the correct terminology when posting, as using the wrong term can cause confusion and possibly delay a resolution to your problem

/RANT OFF

DCOLLECT will give a date value, but not time
SMF type 61 (I think) is catalog creation record, so should be fairly accurate, if not type 15 will give "Open for output"

Baskaran Gunasekaran · New User Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Chennai

Hi All,
Thanks for your reply.
My requirement is to capture the Date AND Time. Is there any way to get the "Time" when the file was created?
Does SMF records contain the time detail?
Thanks

expat · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:12 pm

Baskaran Gunasekaran · New User Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Chennai

Hi expat,
I will try to look at the SMF records, to see if the creation time can be captured.
Our system is responsible of sending letter communications to customers. We have several feeder system from where we get the raw data which we format and send it for printing. Business wants to track the TIME IN and TIME OUT of records from our system. We have two kinds of feed for our system, one is MQ feed and the other is File feed. MQ feed we have the date and time in the MQ header from which we can extract the information, but for file feed we need the date and time to be captured to generate the report when we recieved a particular file feed and when it was sent out of our system.
Thanks

Terry Heinze · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:18 am

Since this is a requirement for future feeds, not retroactive ones, it seems it would be easier to add steps to your JCL to capture the date/time of the file feeds and store them in a file or DB2 table. Dealing with SMF records is not for the faint-of-heart.