Copy GDG file name along with generation in to PS file

vijaysankar · New User Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 9 Location: chennai

I want to send a GDG file name along with generation number by email.

superk · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:22 pm

Could you give an example of what the intended mail message would look like? I'm confused when you refer to both the GDG filename and the Generation name.

William Thompson · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:29 pm

I'm thinking that he means the base name and the GnnnVnn since the (+/-nn) would not be much use after a cycle or two.....

vijaysankar · New User Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 9 Location: chennai

i want to send mail as per the below format.

HI,

DAILY CYCLE COMPLETED WITH FILE NAME:

GRT.CLMS201D.S215.LR215.RAM.MIS(0)

here instead of "GRT.CLMS201D.S215.LR215.RAM.MIS(0)" i want to send mail with version name like "GRT.CLMS201D.S215.LR215.RAM.MIS.G0768V00" . if you note this instead of (0) version number will be there "G0768V00".

superk · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:33 pm

OK, so resolve the GDG to it's fully-qualified name using LISTCAT or programatically with any of the methods that have already been discussed here before.

vijaysankar · New User Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 9 Location: chennai

you mean in the JCL we can use LISTCAT and then print into PS file.
can you able to provide some example for this. i am not getting it clearly

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:49 am

Write LISTCAT to a (temp) file, then pull out the lines you want (via a program or SORT or whatever) and write them to a file, then either concatenate the file you want to that write, or write it separately with DISP=MOD.

vijaysankar · New User Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 9 Location: chennai

I tryied with LISTCAT and write the output in a file. since i used
" LISTC ENT('GDG NAME') " it list out all the details so i am facing difficult for sort. if i sort it also , i am not able to get the GDG latest file, since it will in the middle of the file. Is there any option to list GDG alone using LISTCAT.

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:20 am

SORT is designed to, well, sort. It happens to have other useful features, but if you need to extract the last occurrence of a string from a file (as you do here - the last name for a given GDG base), then SORT may not be your best option.

If you are a programmer, then write a program. This should be a relatively simple one.

Let us know.

vijaysankar · New User Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 9 Location: chennai

i will try to write a program/REXX for editing the LISTCAT file to fetch the GDG alone.

superk · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:09 am

If you use REXX, just use the LISTDSI function to resolve the dataset name allocated to a specific DD.

superk · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:12 am

This previous topic has some good suggestions also.

vijaysankar · New User Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 9 Location: chennai

i got the solution

using EASYTRIEVE coded in the JCL itself.

1. I got all GDG version by using LISTCAT function
2. Then i code EASYTRIEVE to read the GDG latest version and wite in the PS file which i used in the Mail step.

thanks for providing the solution.