ISPF supports PDSE member generations via the prompt menu. With this interface the specific member generation can be browsed, edited and even saved as the latest version.
On Mon, 29 May 2023 19:10:55 -0500, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: >@Steve, thanks. > >>JCL provides no support at all for PDSE member generations. > >Grumble, grumble. What about ISPF? I sure don't see it, but perhaps I am using >a customized ISPF? Or there is some option that is not turned on in the z/OS >that I am using? > >>Support for PDSE as a member* of a GDG was added in z/OS 2.1 or 2, iirc. >>*(not to be confused with members of a PDS[E] > >And also not to be confused with PDSE 2 member generations, right? > >> maybe they could have >> tried harder not to be confusing > >Agreed. > >>note, while GDGs usually consist of "generations" of the same dataset, >>there's no rule that says they must be. > >Interesting. Did not know that. > >Charles > >On Mon, 29 May 2023 19:28:35 -0400, Steve Smith <sasd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>"GDGs can be members of PDS or PDSE." -I can't even guess what you're >>trying to say, but on the face of it, that's not only wrong, but absurd. >> >>JCL provides no support at all for PDSE member generations. >> >>Support for PDSE as a member* of a GDG was added in z/OS 2.1 or 2, iirc. >>*(not to be confused with members of a PDS[E], but maybe they could have >>tried harder not to be confusing). So, you can have multiple generations > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
