This is just a thought, I have not checked into this.
Could BPXDYNAM be used instead of TSO Alloc? Sorry if I incorrectly spelled
the facility in BPX.
Lizette
>
> > DynArg = ( 'alloc dd('InDD') dsn(''TAPE.FILE'File''')' ,
> > 'expdt(98000) recfm(U) blksize(32760)' ,
> > 'label(BLP) position('File')' ,
> > 'unit(AB2)' VolArg 'shr reuse' )
> > address 'TSO' DynArg
> Can't you change this to one of the flavours of SVC99? There you should be
> able to speciy the RETAIN.
>
> >
> >What's the ALLOCATE analogue of "RETAIN"?
> I did not see one in the book...
>
>
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