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Programmatically determine HLQ ISPF is installed at


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Mike.Fulton

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:05 am
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I'm trying to automate some code and I've got 2 variables that people have to set.
I'd like to eliminate them.
One is ISPF_HLQ, i.e. where is ISPF installed, which typically defaults to ISP.**
The other is the ISMF_HLQ, i.e. where are datasets like DGTLLIB at. Seems to typically be SYS1.DGTLLIB, but again, I can't rely on that.

I'm hoping folks have some tricks up their sleeves...
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Pedro

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 11:17 am
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It is non-trivial. Try listing which data sets are allocated, then for each data set, see if contains a known member.
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Mike.Fulton

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:57 pm
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Thanks @Pedro ... That's what I am currently doing. Was hoping there might be some more elegant way, but I'll use this approach for now.
Perhaps this is something the ISPF team could consider helping with? Not sure if this is something others would find useful too (I've seen a lot of JCL and scripts where you have to update the HLQ to your installation defined location and it would be great if we could eliminate that extra work for people installing software).
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Robert Sample

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:24 am
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One is ISPF_HLQ, i.e. where is ISPF installed, which typically defaults to ISP.**
I've worked at multiple sites which used SYS1.ISP.** so while it may be "typical" to be ISP.** it certainly is not uncommon the HLQ to be different.
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Pedro

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:02 am
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Perhaps this is something the ISPF team could consider helping with?

I do not think IBM monitors this forum. Despite the domain name here having 'IBM', it is not associated with IBM.

You should submit an RFE from developerworks: www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/

You will need to create an userid on developerworks, then submit the RFE.
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