Write to a data set

With ZOAU, you can write multiple lines of text to a PDSE member with any of the following ways:

• Issuing a shell command:

  • Option 1:

  decho "This text will be written to the PDSE member MEMBER#1 as 3 records" "${prefix}.SAMPLE.TEXT(MEMBER#1)"
  

  • Option 2:

  mvscmd --pgm=IEBGENER --sysprint=* --sysin=dummy --sysut2="${prefix}.sample.text(member#1)" --sysut1=stdin <<zz
  This text will be 
  written to the PDSE member MEMBER#1
  as 3 records
  zz
  

• Calling an API in Python programs:

  datasets.write("%s.SAMPLE.TEXT(MEMBER#1)" % HLQ, content='''
  This text will be 
  written to the PDSE member MEMBER#1
  as 3 records
  ''')
  

Without ZOAU, to achieve the same purpose, you need to write the following JCL statements:

//*
//* Write text from SYSUT1 (inline text)
//* to the dataset member **HLQ**.ZOASAMP.SAMPLE.TEXT(MEMBER#1)
//*
//DECHO    EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN    DD DUMMY
//SYSUT1   DD *
This text will be 
written to the PDSE member MEMBER#1
as 3 records
/*  
//SYSUT2   DD DSN=@@HLQ@@.ZOASAMP.SAMPLE.TEXT(MEMBER#1),DISP=SHR