I've just found a load of GDGs that have been incorrectly setup to NOSCRATCH instead of SCRATCH and have been quietly accumulating the data for a number of years.
Having confirmed with the data owner that they should be SCRATCH LIMIT 5 I've ALTERED the bases and DEL / NSCR the thousands of entries that were left on the DASD over the past 5 years. Because i've been out of the area for many years, i'm beginning to think i have just deleted the VTOC entries and not the actual datasets. Should I have used DEL / SCR instead? The AMS manual isn't clearing it up for me i'm afraid. I've got thousands more to do so need to confirm whether i'm doing it right or wrong. Could anyone jog my memory with a quick explanation of the diference between SCR and NSCR and which should be used to clear the tens of thousands of gdg's that have rolled off? I have only just joined this list and as such feel like i'm taking rather than giving, but I promise that once my memory comes back (i've had 25 years in IBM Mainframe technology) I'll start participating in some of the threads. Many thx, JJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
