EBCDIC to ASCII OPTCD=Q? (JCL)
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From: on 20 Sep 2006 07:55 In article <1158706861.008406.85620(a)b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: [snip] >> It appears obvious that under the conditions of my experiment DFSORT is >> falling into the category of 'most utilities'. Might someone be so kind >> as to point me towards a resource from which I may be able to glean a >> solution? >> >> Thanks much. [snip] >Sadly, you have proven to me how porous my memory is. I worked on an >invoicing system for 8 years where we had one job with an output of >tape ascii. So I should have been able to answer this one. > >1. Try to remove the refer back used to pickup the input datasets DCB >parameters. Done, no change in results. > >2. Check with ops whether you need to have the tape preformatted to be >in ascii output. In progress... they'll be getting back to me Any Day Now. > >3. Add the label statement (that one rings a bell but all I hear are >faint echoes). Done, see below. > >4. Do not create the ascii output in the DFSORT but add a copy step >(IEFBR14/IEBCOPY?). I used IEBGENER... and //SYSUT2 DD DSN=VDA1WSX.TEST.ASCII, // DISP=(,CATLG,CATLG), // UNIT=TAPE,EXPDT=98000, // DCB=(LRECL=6000,RECFM=D,OPTCD=Q),LABEL=(1,NL) .... which resulted in an SMC0043 message about 'STEP1 not allocatable at MINLVL=2; failing DD SYSUT2' > >I guess it ain't just my boozy chums' brain which has become addled >with alcohol. As my Drill Sergeant used to bark at us, lo, those many years ago, 'You think you know more'n me, Airman? I've forgotten more than you'll ever learn!' There are military offices in the building in which I now work and sometimes I'll see a four-, five- or six-stripe Air Force Sergeant (Staff Sergeant, Technical Sergeant or Master Sergeant, respectively) on the elevator... seems like folks are earning rank at a younger age every year. DD
From: on 20 Sep 2006 08:00 In article <B11Qg.324574$TD2.64964(a)fe08.news.easynews.com>, William M. Klein <wmklein(a)nospam.netcom.com> wrote: >Doc, > I don't think this has made it back to comp.lang.cobol yet. Hope this helps. > >-- >Bill Klein > wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com ><Efinnell15(a)ibm-main.lst> wrote in message news:3f2.9b25b13.3241a329(a)aol.com... >> >> In a message dated 9/19/2006 2:39:01 P.M. Central Standard Time, >> mark.zelden(a)ZURICHNA.COM writes: >> >> There are various reasons you might get that message. It is from the >> SMC component of Sun/STK that is used with their tape robotic >> software. Without getting into a lot of detail, the easiest way >> to bypass SMC (which handles all the tape allocations) is to specify >> a unit address in the JCL instead of an estoeric / generic. >> >> Example: //TAPEDD DD DSN=MY.DSN,DISP=SHR,VOL=123456,UNIT=/5200 Ooooohhhhh... direct addressing! I like it... but my installation doesn't. When used in an IEBGENER: //SYSUT2 DD DSN=VDA1WSX.TEST.ASCII, // DISP=(,CATLG,CATLG), // UNIT=/5200,EXPDT=98000,VOL=SER=10101, // DCB=(LRECL=6000,RECFM=D,OPTCD=Q),LABEL=(1,NL) .... gives a JCL error of 'DTM1107I STEP1 SYSUT2 - UNIT FIELD SPECIFIES INCORRECT DEVICE NAME - /5200' and I'm not sure how to go about finding what this site's tape device names are. >> >> (slash needed for 4 digit addresses) >> >> >> >>>> >> Can we just FTP to the tape drive as txt and let FTP do the conversion? Not... yet, no. Thanks much! DD
From: Howard Brazee on 20 Sep 2006 12:11 > Once again, thanks to all... but I can't even get a tape mounted, the > SMC0043 tells me that the unit cannot be allocated. > > DD > I think the SMC messages come from SUN/STK SILO (HSC/SMC) software. I don't know how it decides what units are available for allocation, but maybe this will give you a place to look. Richard ================================== There are various reasons you might get that message. It is from the SMC component of Sun/STK that is used with their tape robotic software. Without getting into a lot of detail, the easiest way to bypass SMC (which handles all the tape allocations) is to specify a unit address in the JCL instead of an estoeric / generic. Example: //TAPEDD DD DSN=MY.DSN,DISP=SHR,VOL=123456,UNIT=/5200 (slash needed for 4 digit addresses) See the SMC manuals for more details. Mark ======================================== >> Can we just FTP to the tape drive as txt and let FTP do the conversion? Don't have this setup, but seems more straightforward. ================================================== On 19 Sep 2006 19:51:25 -0700, giltjr(a)ibm-main.lst (John S. Giltner, Jr.) wrote: >Does the output have to be tape? Does it have to be written in ASCII >from the Cobol program? He said it has to be done using a utility (according to those who write his paycheck). >What about doing OCOPY under TSO to a HFS file? I'll pass this reply on, along with the others.
From: on 20 Sep 2006 12:53 In article <80q2h25igcbgcpdlrqokfbm4pik36paepc(a)4ax.com>, Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: >> Once again, thanks to all... but I can't even get a tape mounted, the >> SMC0043 tells me that the unit cannot be allocated. [snip of ones already answered] >>What about doing OCOPY under TSO to a HFS file? No idea how OCOPY is configured at this site... but entering a TSO OCOPY from the command line gives me ENTER INPUT DDNAME - NODE1.NODE2.DSNAME INVALID INPUT DDNAME, NODE1.NODE2.DSNAME REENTER THIS OPERAND+ - 'NODE1.NODE2.DSNAME' INVALID INPUT DDNAME, 'NODE1.NODE2.DSNAME' REENTER THIS OPERAND+ - SYSUT1 ENTER OUTPUT DDNAME - SYSUT2 FILE INFO-RETRIEVAL NOT PERFORMED, IS NOT ALLOCATED *** .... but it was fun while it lasted! DD
From: Alistair on 20 Sep 2006 13:51
docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: > In article <1158706861.008406.85620(a)b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, > Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > >docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: > > There are military offices in the building in which I now work and > sometimes I'll see a four-, five- or six-stripe Air Force Sergeant (Staff > Sergeant, Technical Sergeant or Master Sergeant, respectively) on the > elevator... seems like folks are earning rank at a younger age every year. > Sorry that I could not help further. Is the young staff sergeant/police officer syndrome the same one where the guy who loads the waste bin on to the back of the dust cart is deemed to be a "waste disposal engineer"? ie job title inflation. I notice you don't have privates in the army but that everyone is a "specialist". |