BAL, CLIST, ISPF 2.x, MVS38J, TSO

FINDSRCH in MVS38J

 Update:  Thanks to Ron Lucas, version V0R9M11 includes missing ISPF CLIST, C$FNDSRH.  Overview FINDSRCH – ISPF Find/Search Utilities for MVS38J / Hercules(current version 0.9.11  2022-02-14) After installing MVS38J on my personal computer with Hercules, this legacy operating system provides a nice nostalgic development and computing environment similar to one from our days as software developers, systems programmers, operators or other…

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CLIST, ISPF 2.x, MVS38J, TSO, Utility

DSCOPY in MVS38J

Overview Copying DASD datasets is a common task – whether creating a backup copy of a data set or creating a new data set from an existing data set to change allocations due to data set growth (i.e. PDS directory space). As a programmer in my early years, I remember copying PDS datasets using the following steps under ISPF: Alternatively,…

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CLIST, MVS38J

CFLDSI in MVS38J

Overview Displaying TSO session allocations requires a steady eye at deciphering the 2-line layout of the LISTALC STATUS command especially when more than one dataset is allocated to a DD. LISTALC with no keywords merely lists the allocated DSNs! After reviewing the output of LISTALC STATUS as shown below, READY listalc status –DDNAME—DISP– LARRY01.CMDPROC SYSPROC KEEP SYS1.CMDPROC KEEP SYS2.CMDPROC KEEP…

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BAL, CLIST, ISPF, ISPF 2.x, MVS38J, TSO, Utility

DALCDS in MVS38J

DALCDS – Display TSO Allocations Utility for MVS38J / ISPF v 2.x / Hercules(current version 1.2.02  2024-05-01) Many file allocation listing type CPs can be found on the CBT website or various technical journals. DALCDS displays allocated datasets for the current TSO session on a ISPF panel display. DALCDS is written in assembler (IFOX00) using ISPF 2.1 (product from Wally…

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