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PeD
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I am lost in dynamic allocation of a tape file inside a PL/I program.
I am using either BPXWDYN or DYNALLOC and none was successfully processed.
Something like this should be OK and enough.
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ALLOC_STR = ' ALLOC FI(ALPHA) DA(my.tape.file) SHR REUSE'
CALL BPXWDYN(ALLOC_STR)
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But failed with code error 356 via SHORTRC. ( normal error code something like 327546432 )
I added UNIT(TAPE). Reran. No way
When I give the information in the JCL, just like this :
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//ALPHA DD DISP=SHR,DSN=my.tape.file
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: it is working.
I went through the whole set of attributes of BPXWDYN but nothing helped me.
Question : is such allocation of tape file possible inside a PL/I program? Bug or not? APAR?
Thanks
Pierre |
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prino
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| Have you already tried dynamic allocation using the TITLE option as per Chapter 8 of the PL/I Programming Guide? |
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PeD
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Not yet used.
To read this evening and to try tomorrow.
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Pierre |
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PeterHolland
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You could try the following :
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DCL PLIRETV BUILTIN;
DCL BPXWDYN EXTERNAL ENTRY OPTIONS(ASM INTER RETCODE);
DCL ALLOC_STR CHAR(100) VAR
INIT('ALLOC FI(SYSIN) DA(MY.DATASET) SHR');
FETCH BPXWDYN;
CALL BPXWDYN(ALLOC_STR);
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prino
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| PeterHolland wrote: |
You could try the following :
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DCL PLIRETV BUILTIN;
DCL BPXWDYN EXTERNAL ENTRY OPTIONS(ASM INTER RETCODE);
DCL ALLOC_STR CHAR(100) VAR
INIT('ALLOC FI(SYSIN) DA(MY.DATASET) SHR');
FETCH BPXWDYN;
CALL BPXWDYN(ALLOC_STR);
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And how does this differ from what the OP posted? |
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PeterHolland
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| prino wrote: |
| PeterHolland wrote: |
You could try the following :
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DCL PLIRETV BUILTIN;
DCL BPXWDYN EXTERNAL ENTRY OPTIONS(ASM INTER RETCODE);
DCL ALLOC_STR CHAR(100) VAR
INIT('ALLOC FI(SYSIN) DA(MY.DATASET) SHR');
FETCH BPXWDYN;
CALL BPXWDYN(ALLOC_STR);
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And how does this differ from what the OP posted? |
At least 4 statements. And to me that is a difference. |
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PeD
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I abandonned BPXWDYN ( maybe when I find time I will make a set of tests.
Now I am using a version of DYNALOC program ( ASM with call to SVC99 ) : after several tries, I reach the correct parameter list to provide :
fields of ALLOC01
REQUEST = 'ALLOC'
DDNAME = 'ALPHA'
DSN ='my.tape.file'
STATUS = 'SHR'
NDISP = 'KEEP'
CDISP = 'KEEP'
RECFM = 'FB'
UNIT = 'K'
Then CALL DYNALOC(ALLOC01);
I am not sure the version of DYNALOC I am using : from CBTTAPE, or a variation.
Anyway the main information to give looks like this.
Thanks for your time.
Nice week-end
Pierre |
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