On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 23:01 -0500, Joel C. Ewing wrote:
> the backup dataset itself doesn't get deleted until 
> you exit normally from EDIT.  If your TSO/ISPF session terminates 
> abnormally (like a timeout) while EDIT is in this state, the backup 
> dataset is not deleted and becomes orphaned.

Thanks for this lucid description.  I've got lots of these things lying
about, and a number of users who logoff by clicking that little X at the
upper right corner of their emulator sessions.

-- 
David Andrews
A. Duda and Sons, Inc.
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