Use of dynalloc to retrieve DD name of a dataset.



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Use of dynalloc to retrieve DD name of a dataset.

Postby meghna » Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:41 pm

Hello,

I need help in retrieving DD name given the dataset name. I read it somewhere that this can be done using DYNALLOC.
Can somebody please tell me how to do this?

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Re: Use of dynalloc to retrieve DD name of a dataset.

Postby enrico-sorichetti » Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:47 pm

quote where You have read it , please, it might be interesting to know ...
using DYNALLOC You can find the DSNAME from the DDNAME ( not the other way around )
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Re: Use of dynalloc to retrieve DD name of a dataset.

Postby meghna » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:05 pm

Thanks for your reply.
I dont remember where I read it..
Was not sure whether this can be done was just trying to do it.

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Re: Use of dynalloc to retrieve DD name of a dataset.

Postby steve-myers » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:44 pm

You are probably referring to the information retrieval function of dynamic allocation. You use the DINDSNAM key to specify the dataset name and the DINRTDDN key to get the matching DD name.
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Re: Use of dynalloc to retrieve DD name of a dataset.

Postby steve-myers » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:03 am

Dynamic allocation is documented fairly well in MVS Authorized Assembler Services Guide for your release. 99% of dynamic allocation can be done by ordinary programs, no authorization is required.
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