How to copy files via file-aid

[mail2mz]

Hello,

Can I copy all other members except for certain ones in the dataset via file-aid? For example, I have more than 1000 members in the datasets, there are about 200 members have the name as nfgxxxxxx. How can I use file aid to copy all members except those with the name as nfgxxxxxx?

Currently, I am using the following JCL to copy the members with nfgxxxxxx to the new dataset:

$$D01 copy NEWMEM=------,
MRBNAME = (nfg, nfg)
.....

Now I want copy all members other than nfgxxxxxx to a new dataset.

Thanks,

Mike

[dick scherrer]

Hello and welcome to the forum,

You might copy everything and then delete the nfg members from the new dataset. . .

[mail2mz]

That will be an option. Do you know how to delete the nfg members via fileaid on JCL batch?

Thanks,

[Anuj Dhawan]

I want copy all members other than nfgxxxxxx to a new dataset.

Do ther other members also follow some pattern?

[TerMiller1]

$$DD01 COPY NEWMEM=------,MRBNAME = (,NFF99999)
$$DD01 COPY NEWMEM=------,MBRNAME=(NFH,Z9999999)

Should skip all NFG* members.

[dick scherrer]

Hello Terry(?) and welcome to the forum,

Thanks for posting

Hopefully, you will find some things that are useful also. . .

d

[TerMiller1]

$$DD01 COPY NEWMEM=------,MRBNAME = (,NFFZ)
$$DD01 COPY NEWMEM=------,MBRNAME=(NFH,Z)

File-Aid checks membernames using ASCII for member character comparisons at our site. It might be a site-specifi system installation setting for File-Aid. I don't know for sure.
This would work better to skip all NFG* members if File-Aid is using the ASCII collating sequence for membername characters.

Terry