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amit4u79

Hi, I went thru the Forum posts for how REXX can be used to search PDS member list for a string. But I am facing a different issue altogether.

I have an input file which contains a big list of PDS. I have to code a REXX which reads this input file, takes the name of all the PDSes and searches the PDSes members for a specific string. The result would then be something like "string xxx was found in member yyy of PDS zzzzz".

I saw various posts related to SEARCH but none of them is satisfying this criteria. Or if at all I have missed any post which has this already discussed, a pointer would be useful.

Thanks,
Amit Joshi
Singapore.

Phantom · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:03 am Post subject:

Amit,

I don't think that Searching PDSes using REXX is a good idea since it is very slow. Would you be interested for 3.14/3.15 (Super-C) Search instead. It also has support to execute the search in BATCH (JCL).

All you need to do is to concatenate all your PDSes in the NEWDD statement of ISRSUPC like this.

kolusu · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:09 am Post subject:

Phantom,

If I remember correctly ISPF search option has a limit on the concatenation list which is believe is 4.

You may not get the right results if you exceed that limit.

Amit4u79, You can use File-aid to search for a string in multiple PDS's

Kolusu
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amit4u79 · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:20 am Post subject:

Hi Kolusu/Phantom,
Thanks for your input, yes Kolusu I am aware of the limit for ISRSUPC. If possible Kolusu can you provide me a Batch JCL which uses PGM FILEAID and all PDS and how to specify SEARCH string there. So then I can read the Input file containing list of PDS and file tailor my batch job thru the REXX execs.
Pls help.

Thanks,
Amit Joshi
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vkphani · Intermediate Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 483 Topics: 48

Phantom,

ISPF option 3.13 is used for comparing the datasets.
3.14 and 3.15 can be used for searching.

kolusu · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:27 am Post subject:

Phantom · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:

Kolusu,

Phantom · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:46 am Post subject:

VkPhani,

vkphani · Intermediate Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 483 Topics: 48

Yes Kolusu.

These limits are only applicable to interactive mode.
But 3.13 and 3.14 are interactive options only right.

kolusu · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:03 am Post subject:

Phantom · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:08 am Post subject:

vkphani,

vkphani · Intermediate Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 483 Topics: 48

Thanks a lot for the info Kolusu.

I have never used these options in Batch mode.
I have learned a new thing.

amit4u79 · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject:

Hi Kolusu,
Thanks for the suggestion regarding using FILEAID. However, I am stuck with a different issue. The datasets I have in the concatenation list are of different LRECLs and so FILEAID issues an error when run in Batch.
Is there any parameter in Batch FILEAID which I can give to overcome the different LRECL issue. ISRSUPC works well with different LRECL PDS, but I am interested in using FILEAID because of limit of 4 concats with ISRSUPC.

Kolusu or someone, please help with this.
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semigeezer · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject:

I can't find any documented restriction on SuperC's NEWDD (input) statement for search. I was able to search up to 51 concatenated data sets with the string found only in the last one.

Dibakar · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject: