> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour
J.)
> 
>    John Mattson said:
> 
> >Programmers have been deleting for years using BR14 (MOD,DELETE), and

> >IDCAMS DELETE.
> 
> IEFBR14 doesn't delete the data set. By the time IEFBR14 gets 
> control the data set has already been recalled. [ snip ]

Indeed, how should Allocation know whether the program about to execute
wants to "do something" with the dataset(s) before deleting it/them?
Perhaps Allocation could be "educated" to issue HDELETE iff the dataset
is migrated *AND* DISP=(,DELETE) *AND* PGM=IEFBR14.

    -jc-

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