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Sysaron

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:42 pm
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Hello there,

I did scan the questions and could not find the answer.

Is it possible for DFSORT or ICETOOL to make a copy of a file and attach the current date as the last name in the file. Such as this:


Input: my.file.data
Output: my.file.data.20101123 <---- today's date yyymmdd

Thank you so much in advance.
Sharon in L.A.
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Craq Giegerich

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:52 pm
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Sysaron wrote:
Hello there,

I did scan the questions and could not find the answer.

Is it possible for DFSORT or ICETOOL to make a copy of a file and attach the current date as the last name in the file. Such as this:


Input: my.file.data
Output: my.file.data.20101123 <---- today's date yyymmdd

Thank you so much in advance.
Sharon in L.A.


Your output file name would not be a valid MVS file name.
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Akatsukami

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:54 pm
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The name you give as an example would be an invalid DSN. Moreover, I hardly think that DFSORT would be the tool of choice for setting the DSN (although I will defer to Messrs. Yaeger and Kolusu on this). I would recommend creating IDCAMS control cards (that could be done by DFSORT) or modifying the JCL with a bit of Rexx prior to submission.

The consensus in these fora seems to be that the inclusion of the creation date of a data set in its name is at best a dubious practice; you may wish to contemplate whether a GDG might be used instead.
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:58 am
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Hello,

And the question is not really related to SORT. . .

Once you have decided on what to use as a valid dataset name, there are multiple topics in the forum about generating a dataset name/node rather than having it hardcoded.
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Sysaron

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:45 am
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Hi there,

I will give a valid name:

SYSHR.D112310.DATA

----- .Dmmddyy.------

I hope someone can help. The customers rejected using GDGs.

Thanks so much.
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Skolusu

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:34 am
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sysaron,

The following DFSORT JCL will give you the desired results. Once you have verified the jcl created is good, change the statement
Code:

//SORTOUT   DD SYSOUT=*

to
Code:

//SORTOUT   DD SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR) 


Code:

//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT                                               
//SYSOUT    DD SYSOUT=*                                                 
//SORTIN    DD *                                                       
DUMMY RECORD                                                           
//SORTOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                                 
//SYSIN     DD *                                                       
  SORT FIELDS=COPY                                                     
  INREC FIELDS=(DATE1)                                                 
  OUTFIL OUTREC=(C'//USERIDZ JOB ',X'7D',C'CREATE DSN',X'7D',           
                 C',CLASS=A,',/,                                       
                 C'//',13X,C'MSGCLASS=Y,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),',/,             
                 C'//',13X,C'NOTIFY=&SYSUID',/,                         
                 C'//*',/,                                             
                 C'//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14',/,                     
                 C'//FILE1    DD DSN=SYSHR.D',5,4,3,2,C'.DATA,',/,     
                 C'//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),',/,           
                 C'//            UNIT=SYSDA,',/,                       
                 C'//            SPACE=(CYL,(X,Y),RLSE),',/,         
                 C'//            DCB=(LRECL=NNN,RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=0)',/,
                 C'//*',80:X)                                           
//*


This will create a JCL which looks like this

Code:

//USERIDZ JOB 'CREATE DSN',CLASS=A,                   
//             MSGCLASS=Y,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),             
//             NOTIFY=&SYSUID                         
//*                                                   
//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14                           
//FILE1    DD DSN=SYSHR.D112310.DATA,                 
//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),                 
//            UNIT=SYSDA,                             
//            SPACE=(CYL,(X,Y),RLSE),               
//            DCB=(LRECL=NNN,RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=0)       
//*                                                   


Alternatively you can generate the same using EZACFSM1
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Sysaron

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:49 am
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Thank you so much Skolusu !!!
That is a very cool and easy way to create JCL.
Your time and expertise is Much Appreciated.
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Subhadeep Manna

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:13 pm
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Hi Skolusu
Please explain how the following statement works to provide the current date identifier
C'//FILE1 DD DSN=SYSHR.D',5,4,3,2,C'.DATA,',/,
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Skolusu

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:46 pm
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Subhadeep Manna wrote:
Hi Skolusu
Please explain how the following statement works to provide the current date identifier
C'//FILE1 DD DSN=SYSHR.D',5,4,3,2,C'.DATA,',/,



Subhadeep Manna,

The INREC statement creates 1 record with current date using DATE1 keyword in CCYYMMDD format.

Code:

----+----1----+
20101124       


The OUTREC statement is just picking the MM DD YY values from the output generated from INREC.
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:36 am
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Hello and welcome to the forum,

Quote:
Please explain how the following statement works to provide the current date identifier
C'//FILE1 DD DSN=SYSHR.D',5,4,3,2,C'.DATA,',/,
As Skolusu explained - this reformats the date.

This obtains the date:
Code:
 INREC FIELDS=(DATE1)
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Subhadeep Manna

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:06 am
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Thanks for that... Skolusu and Dick.
I got it.
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