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Hariharan78

I am having a tape file. I just need to get its VOLSER, Date of creation, Last accessed date, Job which accessed it last, Job which created the tape etc.

I have the "CA-1 Tape Management System (TMS)" from which i can get the info. What i need is that i should get these informations inside a COBOL program. Is there any utility/subroutines which i can call inside a COBOL program to get it or is there any utility which i can use directly in a JCL to get these information.
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S.Hariharan

dorkhead · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 7:14 am Post subject:

what you could do is get the info u need from TMS in a file (thru batch) then
have the cobol pgm read this file.
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Dorkhead

Hariharan78 · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 8:21 am Post subject:

OK. I accept. I will get the info thru batch and read that inside a COBOL program. What is the utility i need to use to get the info?
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S.Hariharan

dorkhead · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:30 am Post subject:

u will need tms utilities. ask ur operation staff aobut TMS utilities.
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Bill Dennis · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:24 am Post subject:

Use a JCL step like this:

//INQ EXEC PGM=TMSBINQ
//TMSRPT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
VOL 000000

Put your volser in place of the zeros

Regards,
Bill