Paul Gilmartin wrote: > 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 > > >
I happen to agree with you, but our operations supervisor is concerned about the different action being observed between zOS 1.9 and older releases of zOS. -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL ---- Progress doesn't come from early risers - progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enought for Love(1973) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
