Long ago (actually 1989 I think) I wrote a CONCAT TSO command which can be used to add or remove data sets from a concatenated list. It can also perform a FREE. This loops round each entry in the concatenated set and frees each data set.
It still works a treat. I still have the code should anyone want it. Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw Consultant working on contract for BMC mainframe Services by RSM Partners ‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Joseph Reichman Sent: 01 October 2020 18:25 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SVC 99 unallocating a concatenated dataset I’m running the program under test After I do decocatenate verb 04 With the ddname text 01 I get a rc 0 from SVC 99 I then go to ISPF Do a ISRDDN And I have a number of files actually 100 Each with a ddname SYS00007,SYS00008 etc. This indicates to me that although they are decocatenated they are still allocated Thanks > On Oct 1, 2020, at 12:35 PM, Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 07:58:56 -0400 Joseph Reichman > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > :>I allocate a number of datasets the last text unit being DALCLOSE > :>(unallocated on close) In my second step I concatenate the datasets. At > :>EOF I close them after wards I deconcatenate them My question is > :>shouldn't the individual datasets be unallocated as well > > What happens when you, thru JCL, concat several datasets with FREE=CLOSE? > > -- > Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> > http://www.dissensoftware.com > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > > Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, > you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. > > I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, > especially those from irresponsible companies. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
