Call ‘ CHECK1’ ‘SYS1.MACLIB,

Check1 CSECT
                Reg1 points to arg
                 MVC.  Locat(44),
                  Locate CAMLIST 
                  Br 14

Rc=0.  DSN exists 
Rv=4.  DSN doesn’t exist




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> On Dec 30, 2023, at 11:33, Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:47:29 +0000 Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote:
> 
> :>I need to check whether any of a list of datasets exists and whether any of 
> a list of ddnames is allocated. I'd rather not trap and parse the output of 
> LISTALC and LISTCAT, and I'd rather not call LISTDSI for each one. Is there a 
> simple way to do that in REXX, or would it be better to write a small service 
> routine in assembler?
> 
> :>I don't have a requirement to handle XTIOT.
> 
> The elephant in the room - why?
> 
> Perhaps there is a better way to do what you want.
> 
> As you are worried about performance, it appears to be something that will
> need to run quite often. How will you use this information?
> 
> --
> Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com>
> http://www.dissensoftware.com
> 
> Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel
> 
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