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Posted: **Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:45 am**

Dear all,

I'm trying to write code with the following requirement. After giving the HLQ name in ISPF 3.4 we will get the list of ds in the ISPF screen as below.

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Command - Enter "/" to select action Message Volume
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS3122.ESABLUE.JUNE1.DATA XRA222
SS SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.DATA XRA222
SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.DATA1.DATA XRA201
SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.DATA1.INDEX XRA201
SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.DATA2 XRA222
SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.INDEX XRA222
SS SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER1 XRA211

What i'm trying here is, when I give SS in the command option as specified above it should take the list of all the datasets till the next SS in the command line(Kind of block command functionality. Hope I have made it clear. If not please let me know. Any idea, logic to get this work done.? Any suggestions will be really helpful.

Posted: **Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:11 am**

Hello,

If you explain what you are actually wanting to do, someone may have a suggestion.What/how should this be "taken"? You may need to design a new screen/panel, populate it with a dslist of your own, and then do whatever process against the list.

I do not understand your goal.

Posted: **Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:59 pm**

Viswanathchandru wrote:Dear all,

I'm trying to write code with the following requirement. After giving the HLQ name in ISPF 3.4 we will get the list of ds in the ISPF screen as below.

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Command - Enter "/" to select action Message Volume
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS3122.ESABLUE.JUNE1.DATA XRA222
SS SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.DATA XRA222
SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.DATA1.DATA XRA201
SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.DATA1.INDEX XRA201
SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.DATA2 XRA222
SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER.INDEX XRA222
SS SYS3122.ESDS.CLUSTER1 XRA211

What i'm trying here is, when I give SS in the command option as specified above it should take the list of all the datasets till the next SS in the command line(Kind of block command functionality. Hope I have made it clear. If not please let me know. Any idea, logic to get this work done.? Any suggestions will be really helpful.

there's already a block command funtion for DSLIST, so if 'SS' is a program / clist / or Rexx exec a block command //ss - // should work, if I understand the requirement

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TUTORIAL ----------- DISPLAYED LIST - BLOCK COMMANDS ----------------- TUTORIAL
OPTION ===>
More: +
Block Commands are used to repeat a line command for several rows.

The block is marked, by typing a // at the start and another // at
the end of a block of rows. The line command has to follow the //
immediately on the first or last row of the block. A Block command
can not be entered on an excluded line.

Several blocks of commands can be entered at the same time, but only
serially. Block commands can not be nested.

Single line commands are not allowed within a block command.

All line commands, including TSO commands, Clists and REXX execs can
be executed as block commands.

When the DSLIST settings option Execute Block Commands for excluded
data sets is selected, all applicable excluded rows will be unexcluded
before the block commands are executed.

Example:
Command - Enter "/" to select action Tracks Used XT Device
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//b ISPFDEVL.DEF.OBJ 50 63 2 3380
- - - - - - - - - - - - 1 data set(s) not displayed
// ISPFDEVL.E11.TEST 20 100 9 3380

Depending on the DSLIST setting, the Browse command is either executed for
the two data sets displayed in the list, or the excluded data set will
be unexcluded first, before the Browse command is executed for all three

Posted: **Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:06 am**

The block line command should work well if you are processing each data set name, one at a time.

it is not so easy if you want to gather up the names and processes them all at once. Perhaps use SS to gather the names then use a different command to start the processing.

Posted: **Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:02 pm**

I would suspect if this is how the OP wants to process the DSLIST, DIcks suggestion would make more sense.
Thanks

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