Take the frustration out of initializing new tapes

Don't you just hate initializing new tapes? This simple CL will take the hassle out of this boring task, and all you need to do is load the tapes -- job done.

Details for file that contains volume IDS for the tapes.

 
     A          R TAP1                                                
     A            VOLID          6                                     

cl program


PGM                                                 
              DCL        VAR(&TAP) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(5)                    
              DCLF       FILE(yourlib/TAPID)                               
                                                                         
                                                                         
    READF:                                                               
              RCVF                                                       
              MONMSG     MSGID(CPF0864) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(ENDPGM))        
              INZTAP     DEV(&TAP) NEWVOL(&VOLID) NEWOWNID(your_company) +       
                           CHECK(*NO) ENDOPT(*UNLOAD)                    
              DLYJOB     DLY(20)                                         
              GOTO READF                                                 
 ENDPGM:                                                                 
                                                                         
              ENDPGM

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This was first published in February 2002

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