Invoking DFHCSDUP from a user program

You can invoke the CSD update batch utility program DFHCSDUP from a user program, enabling you to create a flexible interface to the utility.

By specifying the appropriate entry parameters, your program can cause DFHCSDUP to pass control to an exit routine at any of five exit points. The exits can be used, for example, to pass commands to DFHCSDUP, or to respond to messages produced by DFHCSDUP processing.

You can run your user program:
  • In batch mode
  • Under TSO.
    Note:
    1. In a TSO environment, it is normally possible for the terminal operator to interrupt processing at any time by means of an ATTENTION interrupt. In order to protect the integrity of the CICS system definition file (CSD), DFHCSDUP does not respond to such an interrupt until after it has completed the processing associated with the current command. It then writes message number ‘DFH5618' to the put-message exit (see The put-message exit), where this is available, and also to the default output file:
      AN ATTENTION INTERRUPT WAS
      REQUESTED DURING DFHCSDUP PROCESSING
      Your put-message exit routine can terminate DFHCSDUP. (Note that you must supply a put-message routine if you want your operators to regain control after an ATTENTION interrupt.)
    2. Suitably authorized TSO operators can use the CEDA INSTALL transaction to install resources that have previously been defined with DFHCSDUP.

The CICS®-supplied sample program, DFH$CUS1, illustrates how the DFHCSDUP program can be invoked from a user program. It is written as a command processor (CP) for execution under the TSO/E operating system. For more information, see The sample program, DFH$CUS1.