VSAM file attributes

Srinivasa Rao · Active User Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

Hi Friends,

I have a vsam file and i want to know its attributes like how it was defined? I tried using listc but could not get much information.

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

IDCAMS LISTCAT will tell you everything about the file.

expat · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject:

But LISTC is LISTCAT - which will tell you everything that you want to know.

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:

It tells you what you want to know only if you know to do LISTC ENT(/) ALL intead of just LISTC. Expat, wanna bet Srinivasa just put in LISTC or maybe LISTC ENT(/) without the ALL?

expat · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject:

Sounds a fair bet to me. Fell foul of that one myself a couple of times too

Of course one other alternative would be amending the SYS1.SAMPLIB code of IGGCSIRX to get the info. I did it once to be able to clone all of the production VSAM delete/defines for development including AIX & path definitions. I might still have a copy somewhere. Mind you - it took me over a week to get that little bunny up and running.

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject:

superk · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: Reply to: VSAM file attributes

Wouldn't using ISPF Option 3.2 be a more typical method to obtain the same details?

Bill Dennis · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject:

You can get VSAM details using ISPF 3.2 but it's a little cumbersome. The nice thing is you're browsing the output listing so you can page backwards!

Srinivasa Rao · Active User Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 79

Guys,

Thanks for your inputs.

I was issuing wrong spelling when I raised this help request. I got the problem resolved.