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rasprasads · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:42 am Post subject: COPY Thru COBOL

I need to take a backup of a dataset. Since i am going to determine the output dataset name dynamically i need to do this in COBOL.

How to take a backup(copy) in COBOL ? I think to read and write will do much more time than sort and is not a good idea. So any other suggestions ?

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NutCracker · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:39 am Post subject:

I would suggest

1/ Compare the PDS using SUPERC
2/ If found changed, copy the changed members into a Flat GDG using IEBPTPCH

instead of writing a COBOL code

My 2 cents ....

kolusu · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:11 am Post subject:

Rasprasads,

Please search before posting. This topic has been discussed earlier. Check this link

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=1905&highlight=bpxwdyn

The documentation of bpxwdyn can be found here

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=2520

Hope this helps..

Cheers

Kolusu
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