On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:02:01 -0500, Gilbert Saint-Flour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wednesday 22 February 2006 12:29, Thomas Conley wrote: >> >>> I have dug high and low and have not been able to find a way to empty >>> a PDS that meets the following requirements: >>> 1) Executes in batch >>> 2) Provided and ***supported*** by IBM (not CBT, not DIY rexx code, >>> not requiring SAS/PDSMAN/PDSFAST/etc...) >>> >>> Am I missing something totally obvious? If so, how is it done? >>> If there is in fact no such capability, can anyone explain why on >>> Earth that might be? >>> Would it be that hard to add the capability to IEBCOPY say? >> >> The only IBM-supported method to empty a PDS is to delete it >> and reallocate it. > >IBM provides the I option of the STOW macro to reset a PDS or PDSE. >STOW-I only supported PDSEs originally, but it now supports PDSes as >well. The problem is that it only works with DISP=OLD. > >Yes, it would be GREAT if IEBCOPY supported MOVE and RESET options in >addition to simple COPY. Because I use MOVE and RESET functions a lot, >I wrote my own IEBCOPY replacement almost 20 years ago. > >-- > > Gilbert Saint-Flour > GSF Software > http://gsf-soft.com/ > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 APAR OA13224 provides support for DISP=SHR for STOW Initialize. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
