On Fri, 16 May 2008 09:20:01 -0400, Mark Jacobs wrote: >A user just reported that RETPD is ignored in the job for a new tape >allocation with DISP=(NEW,DELETE) under zOS 1.9. > >Under zOS 1.9 the tape is assigned a RETPD of one day, but under zOS 1.8 >the REPTD that is specified in the JCL is honored. > >Is this a bug or a feature? > Coding DELETE with a non-zero RETPD strikes me as an inconsistency that could reasonably be treated as a JCL error.
What was the user's intent in doing so? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
