Updating all members of a PDS

HameedAli · Active User Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 151 Location: India

Can DFSORT's FINDREP be used with PDS?
To find and replace all the members in the PDS?

Subject updated to reflect solution.

Pandora-Box · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:46 pm

Do you want this requirement to be done using DFSORT only??

HameedAli · Active User Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 151 Location: India

Was wondering whether it is possible through DFSORT.
Though, not restricted to DFSORT.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:52 pm

I think a broad NO is the answer.

In terminology, a particular phrase has a meaning. When the same phrase is used in another context, there is at times not even any logic to the idea that it might "do" the same thing.

FINDREP is Find and Replace. That does not mean that if I was to "Find and Replace all members of a PDS" there is the remotest chance of it "working".

Perhaps you should describe what it is you want to do, and you'll get some suggestions how to do it.

The better the description, the better the suggestions.

HameedAli · Active User Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 151 Location: India

I have a partitioned dataset which contains list of Jobs.
I want to replace the environment variables of these JCLs, so that I can use in different region/environment.

I tried FINDREP with sequential dataset, it is working.
so, was trying whether the same can work with pds as well.

So that, I can create the new pds with the replaced environment Variables.

Input - PDS (All the Members in it)
Output - New PDS

expat · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:02 pm

There are examples on the forum of using REXX and ISPF edit macros to go through a whole PDS to effect desired changes.

Pandora-Box · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:04 pm

May be the topic belongs to REXX forum

Check here for code by Enrico

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:14 pm

although I hate "tools",
this is a good situation for a "tool".

First, it is idiotic to duplicate a complete PDS because you want to change a variable.

Second,
what is your meaning of the term environment variables?
Having provided that to us, we can

provide you with the correct terminology
suggested solutions

Skolusu · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:47 pm

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:35 am

Just an aside:

PeterHolland · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:44 pm

Try IPOUPDTE.

Skolusu · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:46 pm

HameedAli · Active User Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 151 Location: India

Thanks all for the inputs.

@PeterHolland, Thank You
I achieved it through IPOUPDTE.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:08 pm

Thanks Kolusu.

PeterHolland · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:18 pm

Sunilp_cse · New User Joined: 02 Jul 2012 Posts: 7 Location: INDIA

Might there is poosibility for your solution with PDSMAN tool ....Kindly check with it if u have installed in ur envi