Gil, Are you using the D or DEL against the data set? When I am in 3.4 and I use DEL I get no dialog. However, if I use D then I get it.
I think it is because the delete process with D does not understand vsam and that DEL is the DEL CLUSTER command and handles it nicely. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 3:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: DSLIST DELETE VSAM Dialog > > I have long been annoyed by the dialog that ISPF DSLIST presents me > for each VSAM data set present when I delete a bunch of data sets. > I have no idea what it wants to know; I just press ENTER each time > and sooner or later it finishes deleting the data set and moves on > to the next one. > > Today, I deleted a bunch of data sets that HSM had migrated. I > noticed to my surprise and delight that it presented no dialog to > confirm or alter the deletion. I will now HMIGRATE each VSAM > data set before deleting a bunch. Silicon is cheaper than carbon. > > Yet, I wonder: if that dialog is essential, or even important, for > deleting VSAM data sets, why is it not presented alike for migrated > and resident VSAM data sets? I don't think I'll start a PMR on it; > if IBM chose to fix it, I'd have shot myself in the foot. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
