Even if "DISP=(SHR,DELETE)" would allow the deletion of expired data sets,
it may not ALWAYS work. If another user has the file allocated (which is
possible due to the SHR disposition) the DELETE will fail.
(Or does the DELETE imply exclusive? I'm not logged on so I can't check
right now).
Even with the " PGM=IKJEFT1A,PARM='DEL ''dsn'' PURGE' " solution, I suggest
the addition of a DD statement that specifies DISP=OLD to ensure that your
job has an exclusive ENQ for the data set.
Dan D
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From: ""גדי בן אבי"" <gad...@malam.com>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: Deleting UnExpired dataset using JCL
Hi,
While that might work, it is not what the user wants.
The user would like to use DISP=(SHR,DELETE) or in other words, have
access to the file, and if the step completes ok, delete the file.
If there is no solution that can emulate this behavior, then they will
have to add an extra step that deletes the file if the previous step
completes ok.
Gadi
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On
Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:08 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: Deleting UnExpired dataset using JCL
Have you tried :
//DEL EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN DD *
DEL 'V110.TGBA.TESTDEL' PURGE
There was an even simpler one with IKJEFT1A, and a PARM="DEL dsn PURGE".
It has come down to: "What is 'pure' JCL"?
To me, anything that goes through an Internal Reader is "PURE"!
-
Too busy driving to stop for gas!
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