I hate to mention, and not to disparage Gilbert, but I did have
problems with the companion program RECALL awhile back. Once in awhile
it'd abend in some kind of multi issue. I'm sorry to say, I didn't
pursue, just commented the RECALL step out of the proc :(

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Hank Medler
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:55 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Easy way to convert IEFBR14 and IDCAMS deletes to HDELETE
> 
> John,
> 
> Sorry for the delayed response, but I think you might be interested in
> Gilbert
> Saint-Flour's CLEANUP program, which can be found in file 183 of the
CBT
> tape
> (http://www.cbttape.org). You wanted an easy way to prevent the HSM
> recalls, so I think this will suit your needs quite nicely since it
only
> requires a
> one-line insertion into the JCL at the beginning of the jobstream.
> 
> //CLEANUP EXEC PGM=CLEANUP
> 
> The CLEANUP program has other functions as well, but the one you are
> interested in scans the SWA Control blocks for any non-GDG datasets
> allocated via JCL with DISP=(NEW,CATLG) or DISP=(MOD,CATLG) and
deletes
> them up front. Please note the second one as it may not serve the
purposes
> of your installation. CLEANUP is freeware, so you can copy and modify
as
> needed, but as usual with freeware, there is no warranty.
> 
> Note: This will only be a possible solution for the IEFBR14 deletions
you
> described and will *not* handle the IDCAMS with NONVSAM. Fixing those
will
> require some additional work.
> 
> Disclaimer: Please evaluate your installation JCL thoroughly and test
> prior to
> inserting this program into any production job. The last thing you
want to
> do is
> to delete a production dataset coded with MOD,CATLG that is designed
to
> append data throughout the day.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Hank
> 
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:55:54 -0400, Tom Sipusic
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >John Mattson wrote:
> >> Programmers have been deleting for years using BR14 (MOD,DELETE),
and
> >> IDCAMS DELETE.  I am finding that we are spending ever more time on
HSM
> >> Migrated ds being recalled just to delete them.  Is there an EASY
way
> to
> >> convert these deletes into HSEND DELETE?
> >CBT File 673:  A program called CCFDELET which will delete datasets
> >using JCL.  In addition, CCFDELET will delete HSM  archived datasets
> >without having to recall them.
> >
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