> 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.
In that case, I'd recommend setting up the following DASD space management rule: If this type of dataset goes unused for >7 days, delete it. Or perhaps you can tweak global ISPF settings to not create these datasets in the first place ... Regards, Ulrich Krueger -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Andrews Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 05:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ISPF Backup Files 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. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
