Copy Members

joy_deep · New User Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 14

Hi,

I want to copy selected patterned members from one PDS to another.

Eg: I have one PDS say A.B.C, in which 400 members are there, I want to copy 250 Members, starting with INV* to another PDS say D.E.F. Can we do it through Rexx?

Thanks and Regards!

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:00 pm

Escapa · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:01 pm

joy_deep · New User Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 14

Please help. I am new to Rexx and I need a little help here.

Thanks!

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:09 pm

What is the problem with just using ISPF Option 3.3?

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:11 pm

why reinvent the wheel when ispf option 3.3 provides such facility just by asking

here is the panel flow

joy_deep · New User Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 14

I have to select 150 members manually. That's tiring. Also, this is repeated task. Everytime if I have to select so many members... and so I need a Rexx program to do it.

Thanks!

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:18 pm

reread Your initial request and the panel sequence I showed You
it fits perfectly Your requirement

and if You do not fill the mask in the initial screen, when the member list is shown You can use any <arbitrary> mask ,
for example s *zzz*

and an advice, before writing tools ( or rather as in this case use what others have developed )
learn to use those You have available

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:20 pm

superk · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:22 pm

joy_deep, when posting in this forum, there is a certain amount of background material that we expect you to already know, and there are some default assumptions we have to make unless you explicitly state otherwise. You are expected to have in-depth knowledge of the environment(s) where you're REXX exec is to be used. That may be batch/MVS, TSO, ISPF, DB2, or one of the many others. If you want to manage datasets, we expect you to have to necessary technical knowledge related to those processes.

That being said, let's move on. REXX doesn't deal with datasets. It relies on the external environments to do that. The normal method of copying PDS members from one PDS to another is to use the IBM IEBCOPY utility. If this is a batch process (and you haven't told us that it isn't) then you can just use the IEBCOPY and pretty much forget about the REXX exec. Building up from there, if you're familiar with ISPF Library Management (LM) Services, especially the LMMCOPY Service, you can use them in a REXX program just like you would in any other program. If you want to be somewhere in between either option, you can do individual copies of members one-at-a-time, using IEBGENER, SORT, or even the basic REXX EXECIO functions (I wouldn't recommend that, though), in a loop structure where you use TSO to allocate the input and output DD's and to call the appropriate utility/program.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:23 pm

Dick,
being able to quote in the resume
skills... ISPF / REXX tool developing is more <exciting> isn' t it

joy_deep · New User Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 14

Yes, it fits. But I am looking for a better and easier way to do it.

Thanks.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:25 pm

joy_deep · New User Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 14

Thanks! I did not know about "S *" option.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:07 pm

take note also of the <arbitrary> pattern capability s *zzz*

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