And if you use quotes, the dataset name is not cataloged and you must include the volser.
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 8:43 AM Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well I have tried all sorts of settings for that but I cannot get it to work. > If you place the entire DSNAME and member including brackets, then the system > looks for a DSCB matching it. If you just place the member in quotes then you > get a JCL error. So I don't think JCL will support it. > > Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw | Security Lead | RSM Partners Ltd > Web: www.rsmpartners.com > ‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM > Sent: 03 December 2019 11:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] COPYING PDS TO PDS ... > > In JCL you can put any hexadecimal character in a dsname if you enter it > between quotes. Never tried it for PDS membernames, but I suppose it will > work too. > > Kees. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw > Sent: 03 December 2019 12:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: COPYING PDS TO PDS ... > > You can store non-standard member names in PDS datasets using STOW macros. > IBM used to do this in the forerunner of SMP/E called SMP. They used large > PDSs with member names that were unprintable hex characters. > > I have not found a way to reference member names that are not upper-case > printable characters in JCL. But maybe someone knows better! > > Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw | Security Lead | RSM Partners Ltd > Web: www.rsmpartners.com > ‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Lionel B Dyck > Sent: 03 December 2019 10:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] COPYING PDS TO PDS ... > > I'm not aware standard services allow mixed case member names - but as far as > I know PDS only works with IBM standard and I was not able, using PDS to > create a member name with lower case. > > Get it and try it - it's free. So kick the tires and see if it does what you > want. > > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > Website: http://www.lbdsoftware.com > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you > are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, December 2, 2019 7:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: COPYING PDS TO PDS ... > > On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 18:57:08 -0600, Lionel B Dyck wrote: > > >The pds command is case insensitive in this area - dataset names and member > >names are all converted to upper case as is standard for z/OS. The commands > >as well are case insensitive. > > > >Try it - you'll love it. > > > So if I have two members whose names differ only in the case of some > character, I can't distinguish between them with the pds command. I don't > think I'd love that. > > Are the commands case insensitive with respect to names in the PDS directory, > or only in commands? That is, suppose I have carelessly created a member > name containing a lower case character, can I use the pds command to rename > it to something more conventional? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ******************************************************** > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. 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