IBM gave us the Dis-play Program Refer-ences (DSPPGMREF) command as a way to list the files used by a given program, or by all programs in a library. This command could be used more effectively if it worked the other way around: listing the programs that use a specific file. Turning DSPPGMREF around would make life so much easier, since you would be able to tell which programs to recompile after you change a file.
Fortunately, you can run DSPPGMREF to an outfile and use the outfile to print a report that contains only the information you need. I created the List File Programs (LSTFPGM) command (1a) and its associated programs, F001CL (1b) and F001RG (1d) to solve this common problem. The utility uses an externally-described printer file, F001P1 (1c).
Fortunately, you can run DSPPGMREF to an outfile and use the outfile to print a report that contains only the information you need. I created the List File Programs (LSTFPGM) command (Figure 1a) and its associated programs, F001CL (Figure 1b) and F001RG (Figure 1d) to solve this common problem. The utility uses an externally-described printer file, F001P1 (Figure 1c).
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Figure 1A Command LSTFPGM
LSTFPGM: CMD PROMPT('List File Programs') PARM KWD(PGMLIB) TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) + SPCVAL((*ALL) (*ALLUSR) (*CURLIB) (*LIBL) + (*USRLIBL)) MIN(1) EXPR(*YES) + PROMPT('Program library') PARM KWD(FILE) TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) MIN(1) + EXPR(*YES) PROMPT('File name')
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Figure 1B CL program F001CL
F001CL: + PGM PARM(&PGMLIB &FILE) DCL VAR(&PGMLIB) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&FILE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&MSGDTA) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(132) DCL VAR(&MSGF) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&MSGFLIB) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) DCL VAR(&MSGID) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(7) DCLF FILE(QADSPOBJ) MONMSG MSGID(CPF0000) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(ERROR)) DSPOBJD OBJ(&PGMLIB/*ALL) OBJTYPE(*PGM) OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) + OUTFILE(QTEMP/QADSPOBJ) OVRDBF FILE(QADSPOBJ) TOFILE(QTEMP/QADSPOBJ) READ: + RCVF MONMSG MSGID(CPF0864) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(ENDLOOP)) DSPPGMREF PGM(&ODLBNM/&ODOBNM) OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) + OUTFILE(QTEMP/QADSPPGM) OUTMBR(*FIRST *ADD) GOTO CMDLBL(READ) ENDLOOP: + OVRDBF FILE(QADSPPGM) TOFILE(QTEMP/QADSPPGM) CALL PGM(F001RG) PARM(&FILE) DLTOVR FILE(*ALL) RETURN ERROR: + RCVMSG MSGTYPE(*EXCP) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGF) + MSGFLIB(&MSGFLIB) SNDPGMMSG MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGFLIB/&MSGF) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) + MSGTYPE(*ESCAPE) ENDPGM
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Figure 1C Printer file F001P1
A REF(QADSPPGM) A R HEADER SKIPB(3) A 2TIME A 55'List File Programs' A +30DATE EDTCDE(Y) A SPACEA(3) A 3'File' A +15'Library' A +7'Program' A +9'Usage' A SPACEA(2) * A R DETAIL SPACEA(1) A WHFNAM R 3 A WHLIB R +8 A WHPNAM R +4 A USAGE 12A +6
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Figure 1D RPG program F001RG
FQADSPPGMIP E DISK FF001P1 O E 99 PRINTER * C WHFNAM IFEQ FILE C SELEC C WHFUSG WHEQ 1 C MOVEL'Input' USAGE C WHFUSG WHEQ 2 C MOVEL'Output' USAGE C WHFUSG WHEQ 3 C WHFUSG OREQ 4 C MOVEL'Update' USAGE C OTHER C MOVE *BLANK USAGE C ENDSL C *IN99 IFEQ *ON C WRITEHEADER C MOVE *OFF *IN99 C ENDIF C WRITEDETAIL C ENDIF * C *INZSR BEGSR C *ENTRY PLIST C PARM FILE 10 C WRITEHEADER C ENDSR
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