PM05023: FILE MANAGER FIND/CHANGE UTILITY (FCH) USING JCL=YES

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• File Manager Find/Change Utility (FCH) using JCL=YES does not
  correctly replace a character string in some circumstances when
  the replacing stringends in a comma.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All File Manager FCH Users.                  *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When changing JCL and the data to be    *
  *                      changed is a substitute variable with   *
  *                      no trailing comma and the variable is   *
  *                      at the end of a record but in the       *
  *                      middle of a JCL statement the changed   *
  *                      JCL may be incorrect.                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  File Manager is removing the trailing comma if found in a
  changed JCL statament.  The original JCL statement contains
  a substitute variable with no trailing comma in the middle of
  the JCL statement but at the end of a record.  File Manager
  assumes that the JCL statement finishes after the substitute
  variable because there is no comma.  If the new value supplied
  to change the substitute variable contains a trailing comma it
  will be removed when the JCL statement is reformatted.  The
  trailing comma should only be removed if the new string is a
  null value i.e. has a length of zero.
  

Problem conclusion

• File Manager has been updated to correct the problem.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  PM03844

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• FMN0LVL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  FILE MANAGER ZO

• Fixed component ID

  5655V5200

Applicable component levels

• RA10 PSY UK54428

     UP10/02/24 P F002

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