On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:15:02 -0500, Greg Shirey wrote: > >BTW, SPACE=(1,1) should be SPACE=(TRK,(1,1)). > >Why? If I run: > >//DPC088IF JOB (DPC088,JDG),'IEFBR14',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X, >// MSGLEVEL=(1,1),NOTIFY=DPC088 >// EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 >//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* >//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* >//TEST DD DSN=DPC088.TEST.TEST.ALLOC,DISP=(MOD,DELETE,DELETE), >// SPACE=(1,1) > Perhaps the same reason you allocate SYSPRINT and SYSOUT in an IEFBR14 step. (What about SYSIN?) Habit? Perhaps your installation has a different version of IEFBR14 from mine.
I used SPACE=(1,0). I'm a minimalist. Does thle involve less work cleaning up the VTOC on DELETE? But I agree, IDCAMS is better; it avoids a job step with 3 allocations, and it avoids creating a data set only to delete it immediately. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
