Rex,
The REPLACEUNCONDITIONAL keyword isn't documented in the z/OS v1.4
manuals because it was a feature we shipped via SPE (APAR) long after z/OS
v1r4 was in the field. If you check a current version of the publications,
say z/OS v1r7, it is documented there.
Thanks,
Andrew Wilt
IBM DFSMSdss Architecture/Development
Tucson, Arizona
IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 01/30/2006
01:47:53 PM:
> Don gets the big THANK YOU! REPLACEUNCONDITIONAL is not documented in
> the DSS reference manual but it does just what I need. Hmm,
> undocumented features. I thought only M$ did that ;-)
>
> As for the others, thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I forgot to
> make part of my request clear. There are about 20 packs we need to do
> this with and we are trying to get this set up so the operators can run
> it (or schedule it to run automatically) without intervention.
>
>
> Rex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:11 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Basic question on deleting datasets
>
>
> In your DSS copy job, use REPLACEUNCONDITIONAL.
>
> Don Imbriale
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf
> >Of Pommier, Rex R.
> >Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:50 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
>
>
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