I would expect that you are more likely to have the authorization for CONSOLE than for SDSF.
Nit: you don't need the || when you abut a quoted string with a variable. IMHO it's easier to read without. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Chip Grantham <cgrant...@live.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: TSO CLIST Query Here’s an updated attempt. Enjoy. Requires SDSF /* REXX */ arg ofile ofile = Strip(ofile,"B","'") mycmd.0=1 mycmd.1 = '$TOFFLOAD1,DSN='||ofile Say "Executing " mycmd.1 rc=isfcalls("on") ISFCONS = userid() || 1 Address SDSF ISFSLASH "("mycmd.")" rc=isfcalls("OFF") Exit 0 Chip > On Feb 19, 2019, at 4:38 PM, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > 1. I advise you to not write a clist unless you need to do something that > REXX doesn't support. > > 2. A clist issue TSO commands nd subcommands, not operator commands. > > 3. Check with your security group for the permissions needed to issue a JES2 > command via CONSOLE. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of > FRISBIE, JIM <jim.fris...@ncsecu.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 11:20 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: TSO CLIST Query > > I'm trying to write a CLIST to make life easier on our Operations staff. They > constantly have problems correctly entering the dataset name of the offload > tape, so I created this simple CLIST to help. > > > > PROC 1 OFILE > > CONTROL MSG LIST CONLIST > > WRITE DSN=&OFILE > > $TOFFLOAD1,DSN=&OFILE > > > > From ISPF, the operator issues =3.4 to list the available offload tapes. > > > > DSLIST - Data Sets Matching TS.PSYS.OFF* > > Command ===> > > > > Command - Enter "/" to select action > > ----------------------------------------- > > TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB01 > > TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB04 > > TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB05 > > offdsn TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB06 > > TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB07 > > TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB08 > > TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB11 > > TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB12 > > TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB13 > > TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB14 > > > > My plan was that the operator would select the correct tape and enter the > CLIST name in the command line. The CLIST would do the rest. > > > > The CLIST returns the selected data set name but it's enclosed in single > quotes. I'm including the message it returns: > > > > WRITE DSN='TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB06' > > DSN='TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB06' > > $TOFFLOAD1,DSN=&OFILE > > $TOFFLOAD1,DSN='TS.PSYS.OFF1.FEB06' > > A command entered or contained in a CLIST has invalid syntax. > > > > How do I turn off those quotes? > > > Jim Frisbie > Mainframe Engineering > Sr Systems Programmer > 919-831-4711 > > This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use > of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender and delete all copies. Any review or distribution by > others is strictly prohibited. Personal emails are restricted by policy of > the State Employees' Credit Union (SECU). Therefore SECU specifically > disclaims any responsibility or liability for any personal information or > opinions of the author expressed in this email. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
