Not to mention the fact that while a user may very well have authority to UPDATE a PDS(/E), which is required to re-init the directory, that same user may not have ALTER authority, which is required for DELETE/DEFINE.
Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Purge all members from a PDSE R.S. wrote: > By command ? > > I'd suggest IDCAMS: > DEL SYS1.PDSE > ALLOCATE SYS1.PDSE > > Also works with PDSes. > :-) The problem with this or JCL re-allocation is the high potential for getting something wrong. Wrong attributes, wrong space, wrong placement, etc., the inability to perform the function with an outstanding DISP=SHR ENQ in effect, and the unfortunate effect on the data set creation date saved in the DSCB. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
