1. ISPF 3.4 using the volser rather than the dsn name prefix. 2. SAVE xxx 3. edit 'yourid.xxx.datasets' 4. create delete commands in the syntax of your favorite utility.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 1:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Basic question on deleting datasets Hi. I'm afraid I'm in a "can't see the forest because of the trees" situation which probably has a very easy answer that I can't see. I have a disk pack that I need to get a large subset of the datasets off it as well as uncataloged. Is there some way using IDCAMS or DFSMSdss to accomplish this using wildcards so I don't have to list each dataset separately? IDCAMS apparently only allows me to use a single-qualifier wildcard which won't do it. Unless somebody has a better idea as how to proceed here. The situation is that we have a training system here that is a clone of our production. On a semi-regular basis we are requested to refresh the training system. The process is to delete the training system datasets then use DFSMSdss COPY to copy the datasets from production to training. I have tried just using DFSMSdss COPY with REPlace but apparently the REPlace parameter of DSS COPY doesn't work with the RENameUnconditional because DSS complains about the output datasets already being there. I don't want to have to list all the datasets individually in IDCAMS DELETE statements because that will be a maintenance nightmare. Environment is z/OS 1.4. What am I missing? Rex ------------------------------------------------------- --------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
