Try using disp = old The "Old " is with respect to the PDS and not the member that is created.
Thanks & Best Regards. Umamaheshwar Iyer | Project Manager | Tech Mahindra Hinjwadi, Pune - 411 004, INDIA Ph. Office: +91 20 4225 0801 | Cell: +91 97666 44472 Email: [email protected] www.techmahindra.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barkow, Eileen Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EXECIO try allocating with disp shr - default is old "ALLOC F(INDD) da("dsnname") SHR" -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maria Brown Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ============================================================================================================================ Disclaimer: This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Tech Mahindra policy statement, you may review the policy at <a href="http://www.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html">http://www.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html</a> externally and <a href="http://tim.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html">http://tim.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html</a> internally within Tech Mahindra. ============================================================================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

