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[NicC]

Not as much fun as doing it yourself!

[samurai]

Hi Nicc,

May i know the syntax to be used. Thanks!

[dick scherrer]

Hello,

i have tried using index as below and able to search..

May i know the syntax to be used. Thanks!

If it is working, what syntax are you looking for?

You need to post what you tried and explain where/why it does not work . . .

[samurai]

Hi Dick

I have posted which i have tried.
I want to know the syntax what Enrico was telling about SEARCH..
Thanks!

[NicC]

As Enrico stated it is SRCHFOR and it is a TSO/ISPF utility and you can run it under the control of Rexx or from 3.something - our 3.14 has been used for something else . You can read all about it by googling for SRCHFOR.

[dick scherrer]

Hello,

On one system under menu 3 - utilities, we have:

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14 Search-For  Search data sets for strings of data          (Standard Dialog)
15 Search-ForE Search data sets for strings of data Extended (Extended Dialog)

Depending on just what you do, it may be better to run in batch rather than in the foreground . . .

[Pedro]

SRCHFOR is normally run as a batch job. To run it from a rexx program, you need to use the ALLOCATE command to allocate the same DD names as is used in the batch job, the use the

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 Address TSO 'CALL *(someprogramname)'

command to invoke it.

[samurai]

Thank you all for the information...