On Fri, 29 May 2009 13:14:10 -0600, Howard Brazee <[email protected]> wrote:
>... >I guess I don't understand. The temp file doesn't need a name? >... You not only don't have to supply a name, the JCL Ref manual recommends you do not specify one if you want to assure unique temporary dataset names. If you specify a name MVS will create SYSyyddd.Thhmmss.RA000.jjobname.name.Hgg where "name" is the name you specified. Any multiple copies of proc started in the same second with have the same DSN. If you do not specify the name, MVS will create SYSyyddd.Thhmmss.RA000.jjobname.Rggnnnnn where "nnnnn" is incremented to create a unique name. The "gg" is a unique identifier withing a Sysplex (I think). The only difficulty of not specifying the name is (as mentioned) the need to use a referback reference to get at the dataset. I usually get that wrong the first few attempts. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
