DWHENCE(1)


NAME

dwhence - Search for a member within a dataset concatenation.


SYNOPSIS

dwhence [-dhjJv] <MEMBER> <CONCATENATION>

-d
    Print debug messages.

-h
    Print syntax help.

-j
    Print output in JSON format.

-J
    Print JSON output in a readable format.

-v
    Print verbose command information.

DESCRIPTION

Search for a dataset MEMBER within a dataset CONCATENATION. Generation dataset (GDS) relative name notation can be used with dwhence.


EXAMPLES

Look for the dataset member TEST in the dataset concatenation DATASET.ONE:DATASET.TWO:DATASET.THREE.

dwhence TEST DATASET.ONE:DATASET.TWO:DATASET.THREE

Search for member MYDATA in a dataset concatenation and get JSON output:

dwhence -J MYDATA DATASET.ONE:DATASET.TWO:DATASET.THREE

{
    "data": {
        "found": true,
        "result": "DATASET.ONE",
        "member": "MYDATA",
        "search_list": [
            "DATASET.ONE",
            "DATASET.TWO",
            "DATASET.THREE"
        ]
    },
    "program": "dwhence",
    "options": "-J ",
    "rc": "0"
}

EXIT VALUES

0
    Success.

8
    No matches were found.

Other
    Error, see message for details.