Lizette After posting I realised that I had an example - other than VTAM - of a program which needs to read members of VTAMLST partitioned data sets. This is the NetView STATMON component pre-processor program. Just as VTAM has its ATCCONxx member which provides the names of members as dreamed up by the responsible system programmer so the NetView STATMON component pre-processor program has its CNMCONxx member providing a similar service.
Knowing that proposing that a program might need access to VTAMLST based on a vague feeling that it sort-of might was just wrong, I was forced to realise that knowing the member names was the key. The NetView STATMON component pre-processor program is the proof! Thus, if a program requires that you provide it with a list of member names, you can safely say that it requires access to VTAMLST partitioned data sets. Chris Mason On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:19:19 -0600, Chris Mason <[email protected]> wrote: >Lizette > >> I can say that ..., TPX, ... might need READ access. > >What evidence do you have that TPX actually needs to "read" members of the >VTAMLST partitioned data set? Are you obliged to provide the major node names, >that is, the actual member names? If not TPX - or any other program - would be >"all at sea" when faced with the requirement to read the members - or I guess >such a program could "read" the directory and make guesses based on the names >it found ... > >Alternatively, a program like TPX could have "programmed operator access" and >discover the member names that way. However I wonder what information, >additional to what is can be derived from the messages in reply to a DISPLAY >command, might be needed. > >> I can say that ... a few other things might need READ access. > >Would you be so kind as to divulge the "other things" and apply the same test >as I just outlined for TPX? > >> I know as a sysproc, I ... > >While I'm here, I can't resist mentioning that I would tend to look for a >"sysproc" in a partitioned data set rather than sitting in a chair in front of >a screen editing one! > >Chris Mason > >On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 13:05:42 -0500, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> >wrote: > >>... >>I can say that VTAM, TPX, and a few other things might need READ access. I >>know as a sysproc, I would need UPDATE authority to make changes. >> >>Lizette ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
