This is not from an archive. This OP documented that he is copying the original data set. So READ is required as normal. Lennie
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 29 April 2025 23:00 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DFDSS and renameU On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:44:27 +0000, Lennie Bradshaw wrote: > >I think that the DFDSS RENAME facility requires the same number of qualifiers >for each data set name for the old and new names when using generic selection. >It looks like you are attempting to add a qualifier. Suggest you try a test >case with a qualifier replace, and try again with a qualifier add that is NOT >a system symbol. The results should show you whether it should work. > .... Is there a rationale for that rule? Might it be a holdover from days when VTOCs or CVOLs were organized as a hierarchy of directories? And another mysterious rule is that the programmer must have read access to the original data set name. That's hardly security; a programmer with read access to the archive can read the data with another tool, regardless. It only impedes the use of DFDSS as an interchange vehicle. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
