Need to read all generations of a mainframe GDG file

[mmehr3]

Hi,

I have a mainframe GDG file with about 50 generations and I need to read all of those through SAS on Unix.

Could you please tell me of a way through which I may just need to mention the infile statement once for the GDG base and it may read all of the generations of the g of that GDG.

-Thanks

Mohit

[Tom]

Not sure I understand the question.  Doesn't the JCL take care of what generation it reads.  Do you want exact 50 or all generations.

Does this thread help?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bit.listserv.ibm-main/jYS29gyG310

[mmehr3]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your prompt response... The files I want to read are on mainframes(all generations of a GDG) but my SAS process and jobs are in UNIX environment through which I need to read all these files hence I can not do it through JCL.

-Regards

  Mohit

[SASKiwi]

It's been a few years since I last touched a mainframe but you can use the SAS FILENAME statement to allocate GDGs just like JCL:

filename GDG 'name1.gdg' disp = shr; or filename GDG 'name1.gdg(0)' disp = shr; if you just want a single generation.

[ravi_paradkar]

Create macro loop from 1 to 50 like

%macro loop ;

%do i=1 %to 50;

libname X1&i. " GDG name (&I.)" disp=shr;

data test;

   set X1&i;

run;

so on..