How to capture output of "TSO WHOHAS" in a dataset

avichal · New User Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 5 Location: india

I tried following :-

/*************rexx*************/
A=OUTTRAP('VAR.')
ADDRESS TSO 'WHOHAS' "'T884.PX952F.AVI.PRIVACY.JUN10'"
SAY 'OUTPUT !' VAR.1
A=OUTTRAP(OFF)
SAY 'OUTPUT !' VAR.0

but got the output as :-

T884.PX952F.AVI.PRIVACY.JUN10

Job Name Scope Type Status
-------- ------- ---- --------
OT91434 Systems EXCL Using
OUTPUT ! IKJ56716I EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION WAS IGNORED: 00130000
OUTPUT ! 1
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superk · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:31 am

I'm reading this post thinking "and ???". Anyway, to respond to the topic title, I'd say "run it in batch, pointing the SYSTSPRT DD statement to a dataset rather than sysout.".

Beyond that, seeing as WHOHAS isn't a (standard) TSO command, I don't know what you were expecting for results. There are other topics on the same issue of a dataset being in use, and I believe a few offer some other options.

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

If you are using the version of WHOHAS downloaded from the CBT tape it uses TPUT to issue the messages. You will not be able to trap it using OUTTRAP and it will no appear in the SYSTSPRT dd output

Pedro · Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:48 pm

sai.bhagavatula · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:55 am

I guess your target is to get the list of users holding a particular file.

So, instead of doing this, you can directly use QUERYENQ.

Google and you should find this:

http://www.sillysot.com/mvs/index.htm?queryenq.htm