Did you try it and see it works or if the limitation in the manual is correct?
:>: -----Original Message----- :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On :>: Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin :>: Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:58 AM :>: To: [email protected] :>: Subject: TSO ALLOCATE REUSE ENQ? :>: :>: From the description of the ALLOCATE command in the TSO/E :>: Commands manal: :>: :>: REUSE :>: specifies the file name being allocated is to be freed and :>: reallocated :>: if it is currently in use. :>: :>: When you allocate a data set with file name or ddname, give it a :>: disposition :>: of SHR or OLD. You cannot use the REUSE operand to reallocate a file :>: from :>: a disposition of OLD to a disposition of SHR. However, you can first :>: free the :>: file with a disposition of OLD, then reallocate it with a :>: disposition of SHR. :>: :>: How can restriction be? It seems that if the file is first FREEd, the :>: ENQ is :>: removed and reallocating SHR should just work. What's going on here :>: that they're not telling me. :>: :>: It seems that the first paragraph is somehow incorrect and a RCF is in :>: order. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
