Reading a GDG File

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siv_san
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Reading a GDG File

Post by siv_san » Fri May 18, 2012 9:10 am

Hi,

In my JCL I am reading a GDG which is generated on a daily basis. I have a requirement that on Monday I have to read the GDG which was generated on Friday.

For Example,

A.B.C.G1693V001 >> Created on Monday
A.B.C.G1694V001 >> " " Tuesday
A.B.C.G1695V001 >> " " Wednesday
A.B.C.G1696V001 >> " " Thursday
A.B.C.G1697V001 >> " " Friday
A.B.C.G1698V001 >> " " Saturday
A.B.C.G1699V001 >> " " Sunday
A.B.C.G1700V001 >> " " Monday
.
.
.
Now on Monday I have to read the GDG which is created on Friday i.e. A.B.C.G1697V001. Can we do this using only the JCL?

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
San

NicC
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Post by NicC » Fri May 18, 2012 10:48 am

First of all none of those are valid dataset names as the last portion - the generation number - is 9 byts in length when a generation number can only be 8 bytes in length and no node of a dataset name can exceed 8 bytes.

So, assuming that the '1' at the end of each datatname should not be there - what have you tried and what problems are you having? You HAVE heard of relative generations haven't you and you DO KNOW how to code them - (0) (-1) (-2) etc?

Assuming your job is ALWAYS running after the Monday gds is created then Monday's is (0). Work it out form there.

By the way - you cannot read a file using JCL, your program will read the file and you tell it which file to read by means of the CL.
Last edited by NicC on Fri May 18, 2012 7:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Nic

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Post by DikDude » Fri May 18, 2012 7:02 pm

You need to consider what will happen if there is a day when no new generation is created or if somehow 2 generations are created.
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Post by Anuj Dhawan » Tue May 22, 2012 6:01 pm

If the GDG gets creared everyday, should not a GDG(0) would suffice. Okay, said that - you know, incomplete information -- incomplete answer.
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