> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Fairchild > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 2 Identical STC Running at the Same Time > > Sorry. I meant to say that the data set involved does not > have to be anything meaningful. Of course, if DISP=OLD, then > the data set must already exist. But you could create a > bogus data set with zero space and then reference that with > DISP=OLD everywhere that you want to serialize two or more jobs. > > Bill Fairchild > > Software Developer
Or: //LOCK DD DISP=OLD,DSN=LOCK.stcname,UNIT=SYSDA,VOL=REF=SYS1.NUCLEUS The DSN need not exist because it will never be opened. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

