Phil,
A long time ago, I wrote a program called DDDEFCHK that used the SMP/E API to
check if normal DDDEF data sets exist - there is also a DDDEFPTH companion
program to handle paths.
I believe these programs still exist in the public domain in the CBT tape site
(www.cbttape.org) - see files 411 and 412.
Rob Scott
Rocket Software
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Is there a way to get SMP/E to validate the existence of a USS path on a DDEF?
Thanks to y'all's help, I have externalized the USS path we use to a variable.
However, if the directory doesn't exist, the user can get pretty far (to the
RECEIVE step) before that's recognized. I've looked at the SMP/E doc but didn't
find anything.
I realize I can do this with BPXBATCH:
//TESTDIR EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM='SH test -d &USSPATH'
Or with IDCAMS:
//TESTDIR EXEC PGM=IDCAMS,PARM='GRAPHICS(CHAIN(SN))'
//SYSIN DD *,SYMBOLS=(JCLONLY,JESJCL)
ALLOCATE DDNAME(VSHZFS1) PATH('&USSPATH')
But this seems like something SMP/E might reasonably also do "natively". Can it?
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