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by **Devrana** » Sat Oct 05, 2024 2:28 pm

Hello Team,

I have list of files and I would like to know which file is ESDS among those files using REXX. I thought of using LISTCAT but not sure how to use it in REXX. Please assist.

by **sergeyken** » Sat Oct 05, 2024 7:51 pm

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x = OUTTRAP( 'LISTING.' )       /* reroute output to REXX stem */
"TSO LISTDS ...parameters...."  /* execute TSO command */
y = OUTTRAP( 'OFF' )            /* stop rerouting */

/* analyze LISTDS output line-by-line */
Do I = 1 To LISTING.0
   Say LISTING.I
End I

by **Devrana** » Sat Oct 05, 2024 10:56 pm

Thanks for your response!

Can I check with 'Non indexed' on any of the listing paramater ? If yes then could you please assist me on that.

by **willy jensen** » Sun Oct 06, 2024 1:41 pm

The word LINEAR springs to mind. Or perhaps better look for INDEXED not in the list. They will be in the ATTRIBUTES subsection of the DATA section.

by **sergeyken** » Mon Oct 07, 2024 11:29 pm

Devrana wrote:Thanks for your response!

Can I check with 'Non indexed' on any of the listing paramater ? If yes then could you please assist me on that.

Use

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"TSO LISTCAT ENTRIES('TEST.ABC.DEF.GHI')"

For VSAM, you should get something like this:

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CLUSTER ------- TEST.ABC.DEF.GHI            
     IN-CAT --- CATALOG.USER.SUB2.TEST                  
   DATA ------- TEST.ABC.DEF.GHI.DATA       
     IN-CAT --- CATALOG.USER.SUB2.TEST                  
   INDEX ------ TEST.ABC.DEF.GHI.INDEX      
     IN-CAT --- CATALOG.USER.SUB2.TEST                  

Keyword for VSAM in this output is: CLUSTER (and also DATA, INDEX in following lines).
If not-VSAM, you'll get NON-VSAM.

by **willy jensen** » Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:28 am

Should have mentioned that those sections are only shown if you do a LISTCAT ENT('name') ALL.
Or like in Segeykens sample, if the 'INDEX --' is missing then it is not indexed.

by **sergeyken** » Tue Oct 08, 2024 5:25 pm

You can also try

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"TSO LISTCAT LEVEL('hlq-prefix') CLUSTER and/or DATA and/or INDEX"

Do something yourself, do not wait for help from heaven.

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