I suppose so, but you really don't want to do that. You are being stopped from a very good likelihood of corrupting the file.
DISP OLD is appropriate unless you have some other exclusivity mechanism to serialize updates. I'm not sure, but I think your REXX would completely destroy the target PDS by converting it to sequential unless 'dsanme' included a member name. As others note, ISPF edit is a very sophisticated file manager that protects down to the member level. I'd second the suggestions to use ISPF EDIT services to accomplish the mission. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maria Brown Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: EXECIO I am writing to a partitioned dataset via the EXECIO command. The dataset is also currently in use by an active application, which causes my EXECIO command to fail with "DATA SET IS ALLOCATED TO ANOTHER JOB OR USER". Is there anway to get around this with execio? I can manually edit and save the file without any problems while the dataset is in use by the app. "ALLOC F(INDD) da("dsnname")" "execio * DISKW indd (STEM LINES. FINIS" "Free File(indd)" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
