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Thu, 06/16/2011 – 20:25 #1 DDNAMES prefixed with UT in COBOL program I have noticed that in the SELECT assign clause in a COBOL  program, the DDNAME is generally prefixed by UT. Why do we prefix the DDNAMES with “UT”, will the program work if we do not prefix the dataset? And how does the […]

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Sun, 10/21/2012 – 16:35 #1 How to get space used by a file I  need to find the space used by all the files that start with a particular qualifier. Is there a way in mainframe to get this done. A small script would help. This is required to gather the data for a mainframe

Mon, 01/30/2012 – 17:58 #1 How to grant update access to my mainframe id How to grant update access to my mainframe id?   Is it possible to grant update access to my mainframe id to others in my team.? I am looking for a command to provide update access. Click the +1 button  below

Sun, 01/16/2011 – 20:22 #1 Saving breakpoints in xpediter Is it possible to save breakpoints in xpediter? Everytime I have to debug a program in xpediter I have to set the breakpoints again and again, I was wondering if there was a possiblility to save these then it will save a lot of effort in

Thu, 07/07/2011 – 18:03 #1 Pull data from SAR using date as filter Is it possible to pull data from SAR using archival date as a filter. Lets say I want to retrieve information about jobs that got archived  on a particular date. In our project we prepare a report from SAR and send it

Sun, 10/21/2012 – 18:31 #1 Pass data from clist to REXX How to pass data from clist to rexx and otherwise? I just want to know if its possible to pass data between a clist and rexx. I have a clist program where I have read a string from a file and now I want

Fri, 12/09/2011 – 02:58 #1 Monitoring job delays Is there a possibility to figure out or send an alter automatically if a job has kicked off late than its scheduled time. We have thousands of job in our system and some of the jobs are really critical for business and if they get delayed it

Fri, 07/29/2011 – 18:05 #1 Limit on size of array in cobol program In my cobol program, I have the requirement where the arrary size has reached around 10,000. Now as a result of this the size of load module, as suspected by me has increased so much that the job is giving an abend.

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