Re: Where do I start?

Rick Fochtman wrote:

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>  How do I get it out without displaying a page and cutting and pasting 
> it from the terminal?
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> Typically, the system card punch is device 00D and SYSOUT class B. Use 
> the Hercules DEVINIT command to point device 00D to a txt file and any 
> MVS utility, like IEBGENER, to "punch" the file. From the operator 
> console, use JES2 command "$tpun1,class=b", followed by "$spun1". After 
> use terminate your Hercules session, the txt file should contain the 
> source code, or whatever else you sent to SYSOUT=B.
> 
> You can use the same mechanism to send a listing, by using device 00E 
> and JES unit PRT1.

if this is a learning-curve type exercise for MVS, then please ignore 
what follows.

if you're trying to get data out of a PDS, there's also a command prompt 
utility that will read PDSs (they have to be offline iirc) and will 
unload in IEBUPDTE format to a file:

http://www.hercules-390.org/hercload.html#utilities

try DASDPDSU.  you can specify output in EBCDIC or ASCII.

then stick an IEBUPDTE ./ ADD NAME= in front of it, and Robert is your 
Father's Brother.

hth
yvette hirth