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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories ISPF
Created by Guest
Created on May 10, 2018

RELATED IDEAS

Enhance COPY command from TSO/ISPF command line

In the current scenario, when editing a PDS member, a COPY <member_name> can be issued in the command line to copy contents from another member inside the same PDS.
The idea is to enhance COPY command in 2 ways:
1. When editing member MEMBER1 in DATASET.NEW (PDS) and command COPY DATASET.NAME is issued (with DATASET.NAME being a PDS), member DATASET.NAME(MEMBER1) would be the one copied - so, COPY would default the member name with the current member being edited.
2. Ignore the last ")" of a specified member, so command COPY DATASET.NEW(MEMBER would work - it would be slightly quicker to copy members when only member name is copied.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 2, 2020

    This item is not in our plans but is being kept in our backlog.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 31, 2019

    Thank you, Pedro.
    That's right, we had an override of COPY command, which required the last ")" to be entered.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 22, 2018

    I get the idea, but not always I want the same named member from another PDS, it can be another one for which I don't always know the name..

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 10, 2018

    re: "COPY would default the member name with the current member being edited."

    I prefer the existing action of displaying a member list if the member name is not specified in the COPY command. If this is implemented, then there should be a personal settings to allow the change in behavior.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 10, 2018

    re: "2. Ignore the last ")" of a specified member"

    This already works for me.

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