Excluding Members from a Copy Example


Scenario - Exclude one member and copy remaining members from one PDS to another.

Input -

EXCLUDE Input

JCL -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+
//MATEPKC  JOB (123),'MTH',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),
//             NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//***********************************************************
//* EXCLIDING MEMBERS WHILE COPY FROM ONE PDS TO ANOTHER
//*********************************************************** 
//STEP10   EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* 
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSDUMP  DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT1   DD DSN=MATEPK.IEBCOPY.INPPDS,DISP=SHR
//SYSUT2   DD DSN=MATEPK.IEBCOPY.OUTPDS,
//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
//            SPACE=(TRK,(10,10,10),RLSE),
//            UNIT=3390,VOL=SER=DEVHD4,
//            DCB=(DSORG=PO,RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=800)
//SYSIN    DD *
     COPY INDD=SYSUT1,OUTDD=SYSUT2
     EXCLUDE MEMBER=MAINPROG
/*

Job Status -

EXCLUDE Job Status

Output -

EXCLUDE Output

Explaining Example -

  • SYSUT1 DD DSN=MATEPK.IEBCOPY.INPPDS,.. - Specifies the input PDS.
  • SYSUT2 DD DSN=MATEPK.IEBCOPY.OUTPDS,.. - Specifies the output PDS.
  • COPY INDD=SYSUT1,OUTDD=SYSUT2
    EXCLUDE MEMBER=MAINPROG
    - Copies all other members except MAINPROG from SYSUT1 to SYSUT2.