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coolguy2005 · Beginner Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 22 Topics: 16

Hai,

I have seen using QDS command against a VSAM Dataset and i get the display like this .

QDS MARCH08.UNIT.KSDS
MARCH08.UNIT.KSDS.DATA
MARCH08.UNIT.KSDS.INDEX

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MARCH08.UNIT.KSDS QDS RC=0
MARCH08.UNIT.KSDS.DATA
MARCH08.UNIT.KSDS.INDEX

Similarly i issue QDS Command against the data & index component ,i get the same display . Can anyone tell me what is the use of this command & why do we use ,whether it is TSO COMMAND.

kolusu · Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:13 am Post subject:

coolguy2005,

QDS is NOT a TSO command and it might be a shop specific command , so check with your systems personnel about the command.

try this tso command

semigeezer · Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject:

As Kolusu implied, the old QDS command is not standard. It is use to see what jobs and users have a particular dataset allocated. Some sites have another program called WHOHAS and there are many similar homegrown utilities. ISRDDN also has a similar function. In fact, you can just say TSO ISRDDN E dsname for the same effect. (use E or ENQ -- same thing)