It is indeed DFSMS's "global connect" that prevents a PDSE in the IPL-time LNKLST from being deleted.
It is this area and related areas that we intend to change in z/OS V1R8. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

