Displaying generation members

File-AID saved the changes to the new (current) relative generation 0/absolute generation 0 while the original member (before the change) became relative generation -1/absolute generation 1. In order to display generation members you need to display the member list first.

Steps:

  1. Blank out the Member name field in the Edit - Dataset Specification Screen.

    Edit - Dataset Specification screen

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  2. Press Enter. File-AID displays the following figure.

    PDS Processing Options Screen

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  3. Type 6 in the Maximum number of generations to list field.

    The field “Maximum number of generations to list” is only displayed for Version 2 PDSE with no selection criteria. It defaults to the value specified in the Maximum Generations field of the Allocate New Dataset Screen, for our example it was 10.

  4. Press Enter. File-AID displays the following figure.

    Member Hits Screen

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  5. Type G in the S line command column next to MEMBER1.

    The G line command is only valid for Version 2 PDSEs.

  6. Press Enter. File-AID displays the following figure.
    Generation List Screen

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    The 2 entries in the list are the original member, relative generation -1/absolute generation 1 (created in F.3.3) and the current member relative generation 0/absolute generation 0 (created by editing MEMBER1).

    Important

    • The AVAILABLE GENERATIONS count does not include the current member (0) as this is not considered a generation.
    • The GENERATION CREATED field displays as Unavailable until IBM APAR OA45450 is applied to your system.
  7. Type S in the S line command column next to relative generation -1/absolute generation 1 to edit the original generation member before it was edited.

 

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