Re: copy PS into PDS with RPF?

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> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Gerhard Postpischil 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>
>     > ALLOC FI(SYSUT1) DA('input-ps-dataset') SHR
>     > ALLOC FI(SYSUT2) DA('output-pds(membername')) SHR
>     > ALLOC FI(SYSIN) DUMMY
>     > ALLOC FI(SYSPRINT) DA(*)
>     > CALL 'SYS1.LINKLIB(IEBGENER)'
>
>
> Will this work to copy a PDS member into a non-pds dataset as well?
> (If the need ever arose...)

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Yes. IEBGENER copies from SYSUT1 to SYSUT2 and the type of dataset named 
on each DD statement has not effect.

BEWARE of one common mistake: not specifying a member name on SYSUT2 
when the dataset is a PDS. You'll over-write the directory and 
essentially destroy the PDS.

Rick 
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