I know about IDCAMS, but the user wants a pure JCL solution. Gadi
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Shorkend Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Deleting UnExpired dataset using JCL Gadi Try using IDCAMS DELETE with the PURGE option e.g. // EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * DEL V110.TGBA.TESTDEL PURGE Mike On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:59 PM, גדי בן אבי <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > How do I delete a non sms dataset with an expiration date using JCL. > > > > If the dataset does not have an expiration date, I can use > DISP=(SHR,DELETE). > > If the dataset is sms managed, the OVRD_EXPDT allows the override of the > expiration date. > > > > Is there a way to accomplish this for non sms datasets? > > > > IF I run this job: > > //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > > //DD1 DD DSN=V110.TGBA.TESTDEL,DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),UNIT=3390, > > // SPACE=(TRK,1),LRECL=80,RETPD=2,VOL=SER=PRJ002 > > //DEL EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > > //DD1 DD DSN=V110.TGBA.TESTDEL,DISP=(SHR,DELETE),RETPD=0 > > > > The first step works, and the second step iisues: > > IEC614I SCRATCH FAILED - RC 008, DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION IS (040B004B), > > ,PRJ002,V110.TGBA.TESTDEL > > > > The 040B004B reason code means that the dataset is not expired. > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > Gadi > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Mike Shorkend [email protected] www.shorkend.com Tel: +972524208743 Fax: +97239772196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
