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Is it possible to take a PDS and write it to a GDG? If so,
can you provide an example? Thanx
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Answer / vj
Yes, it is possible to write a pds to gdg.. i tried the
below jcl and it worked out....
//JS001 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
//SYSUT1 DD DSN=TTTTT.NNNN.OOOO(PPPP),DISP=SHR
//SYSUT2 DD DSN=AAAA.BBB.GDG(+1),
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// MGMTCLAS=MC0044,
// VOL=(,,,10),
// SPACE=(10796,(5,3),RLSE),
// DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,
// DSORG=PS,BLKSIZE=0,BUFNO=30)
//*
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Answer / bjoern
//COPY EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
//SYSUT1 DD DISP=OLD,DSN=PDS
//SYSUT2 DD DSN=PDS.GDG(+1),
// DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80),
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// SPACE=(TRK,(11,1,10),RLSE)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / mdvasanth86
No doubt, it will work.
A GDG is similar to a PS in most ways we use it.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 0 Yes | 0 No |
Answer / sanjeev
it is not possible to take pds to write into gdg because
gdg contains only sds files.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 4 No |
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