Ted MacNEIL wrote: >> As long as the DD is never opened, the VTOC is never searched for the DSN. >> > > What is special about this? > I've always received JCL errors when specifying DISP=OLD with a non-existant > DSN. > And, I started in this business as a JCL jockey (Production Support) in > February 1981. > > Is it the VOL=REF? > > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > >
I just tried it and it does work as described by John. //IEFBR14 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //TEST DD DSN=AIMJ.DOES.NOT.EXIST,VOL=SER=ASIS10,DISP=OLD,UNIT=SYSDA IEF236I ALLOC. FOR AIMJB IEFBR14 IEF237I E259 ALLOCATED TO TEST IEF142I AIMJB IEFBR14 - STEP WAS EXECUTED - COND CODE 0000 IEF285I AIMJ.DOES.NOT.EXIST KEPT IEF285I VOL SER NOS= ASIS10. -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL ---- You can have any kind of a home you want. You can even get stucco. Oh, how you can get stucco. Groucho Marx - The Cocoanuts (1929) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
