"Paul Schuster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hello: According to the documentation, (z/OS DFSMS Access Method Services > for Catalogs Publication No. SC26-7394-03) "Access method services > identifies the verb name ALLOCATE and attaches the terminal monitor program > (TMP) that runs Time Sharing Option (TSO) commands in the background." > > Is there any case where this is not done? In other words, can the > ALLOCATE command sucessfully allocate a data set without invoking the > use of the TMP/TSO?
No - what the book says, is what it does.... Thanks, Mark Thomen Catalog/IDCAMS/VSAM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

