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WallaceC · Beginner Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 22 Topics: 10

Hi,

Could anyone tell me how to search a string from GDGs?

Thanks,

Wallace

sriramla · Beginner Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 74 Topics: 1

In batch (ISRSUPC), use the GDG base as NEWDD. Search will happen on all generations automatically.

//SEARCH EXEC PGM=ISRSUPC,
// PARM=(SRCHCMP,'ANYC')
//NEWDD DD DSN=<GDG base name>,DISP=SHR
//OUTDD DD SYSOUT=(A)
//SYSIN DD *
SRCHFOR 'TEST STRING'
/*

WallaceC · Beginner Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 22 Topics: 10

Hi Sri Ramla,

I tried your suggestion, but the output only showed the line numbers of where the string is but not on which GDG. The output is as follows:

shekar123 · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:40 pm Post subject:

WallaceC,

You can also go to option 3.4 and give the GDG base and hit enter which might lead you to display of all generations related to the dataset and on the command prompt give the comand:

WallaceC · Beginner Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 22 Topics: 10

Hi Shekar,

I tried that and it worked. Thank you.

Wallace

Bharath.AK · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:15 am Post subject:

I believe, the '3.4' related option works o GDGs on Disk, but not on Tape. If so, any option for Tape GDGs too?
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Nic Clouston · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:05 pm Post subject:

looking at your superc srchfor output it is indicating that it found the strings in generation 89

kolusu · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject:

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject:

Using a GDG base is not true concatenation - as far as SuperC is concerned - there is only one (1) DD statement for the DD Reference. When the concatenation list contains individual DD statements for each file, SuperC will let you know what file it found the hit.
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kolusu · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject:

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject:

ok, i understand!

any idea why gdg's are handled differently? They do have descrete DSNs.
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dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject:

After dutifully reading the documentation, DS selection is 'a' sequental dataset or PDS(s) with or without member selection.

I imagine a concatenated list of non-gdg's will provide the same result - nada! Since it says 'a' sequential dataset, I fear that SuperC/E, SearchFor/E is sorta tailered for PDS's and as a result only recognizes a new member.

If you think about it, the allocation is for all files in the concatenation. To open a new member, ISPF needs to do something much different than opening a subsequent sequential dataset in the concatenation list. And only during this process, will it recognize a 'new file name'. (this is conjecture on my part.)

By the way, will not work on a tape dataset - gdg or not. (that is not conjecture, that is a direct paraphrase from the documentation)
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