Reading pds directory with statistics

bauer · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 28 Location: germany

Hi all,

i like to read the directory of a pds dataset including the statistics data like member creation date, userid etc. using PL/1 or Cobol.

Does anybody know the link to the documenation of the pds directory structure for the statistics data for pds members?

This manual [/url]http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/dgt2d440.pdf[url] provides only the structure of the pds directory but not the structure of the statistics data.

Thank you for help.

Pedro · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:31 am

The statistics are considered 'user data' by the operating system. ISPF adds them but other utilities do not.

You can get the stats from ISPF using the LMMLIST service.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:27 am

You can read a PDS directory as a RECFM=F LRECL=256 dataset,
wandering inside the block thru the member entries is up to Your coding...

here is the direct pointer to a REXX sample
www.sillysot.com/ftp/mlrexx.txt

other MVS goodies from Doug Nadel
www.sillysot.com/mvs

bauer · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 28 Location: germany

Thank you very much for your answers.

enrico-sorichetti,
your answser gives exactly the desired result. Perfect.
But one remark: In which IBM manual is the layout of the UserData documented?

For RECFM = U I found this http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zvm/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos.r9.ieab200/destow.htm, but RECFM <> U ????

I anybody is interested for the pl/1 coding pls let me know.

regards,
bauer

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:08 pm

somewhere in the ispf manuals, but right now I do not remember which

I' ll post when I find out again

edited to add the not

bauer · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 28 Location: germany

enrico-sorichetti, no problem.

nevilh · Active User Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 262

ISPZDG70 z/OS V1R10.0 ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference has the info in