Hello Ken,

what I have till now:

Assuming datasets of the type

HLQ.TEST%.BACKUP with % = 1,2,3 and
the following MBR List in HLQ.TEST1.BACKUP
A
A1
A1BC
A2DE
B
B1
C
C234C
MN1CBE
M1BD
M1BEF
M2CE

and an INPUT DS: XXX.USER.CNTL(BACKUPIN) with the content:
DS: TEST1.CNTL TEST3.BACKUP
A
B
DS: 'HLQ.TEST1.BACKUP' TEST2.BACKUP
A
B
%%%%
%1
%1*
*C
M*
*B*

you could invoke an (upt now incomplete) REXX procedure, which would tell you:

'HLQ.TEST1.CNTL' was not found in catalog.

Following masks would have been processed:

MASK.1 = A


MASK.2 = B

Input DS: 'HLQ.TEST1.BACKUP'
Output DS: TEST2.BACKUP


MASK.1 = A
A

MASK.2 = B
B

MASK.3 = %%%%
A1BC
A2DE
M1BD
M2CE

MASK.4 = %1
A1
B1

MASK.5 = %1*
A1
A1BC
B1
M1BD
M1BEF

MASK.6 = *C
A1BC
C
C234C

MASK.7 = M*
MN1CBE
M1BD
M1BEF
M2CE

MASK.8 = *B*
A1BC
B
B1
MN1CBE
M1BD
M1BEF
***


BTW: The output DS is not fully qualified, assuming that HLQ would be the Prefix
of the Userid invoking the REXX-procedure, which is true for me because I used
my own USERID as HLQ for testing purposes.

If you are interested, just let me know and I could:
1. make the procedure actually copy the members and
2. send it to you.

Just to play safe, this would be just an example on an as is basis, without any
responsability or guarantee neither from me nor from my company.
Just fyi: The coding up to now is 63 lines, without any documentation :-( but it
proved to be more challenging than I originally thought...

If you have questions, more requirements or suggestions, just let me know, in
case I missed something :-)

Regards


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Peter Keldenich
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