On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 18:21:28 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:

>>On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:10:18 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>>If you insist on using VOL=SER=foo for a temporary, it will work.
>>
>I use VOL=REF=ddfoo only when it's required.

For true temporary datasets, a normal user will never code VOL=SER unless they 
screwed up. For sysprogs, there are a couple of disk utilities but these are 
exceptions that are used to identify a volume instead of containing actual 
temporary data.. 

For temporary datasets, when is there ever a need for VOL=REF unless you are 
working with a volume?

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