Re: “. . . when initiation was changed so PGM=IEFBR14 might bypass some recalls . . .”, can you cite a reference for that change? I never heard of any such change in the behavior of step allocation, whether PGM=IEFBR14 or not. Many of us out here in application land heavily depend on the recall behavior in production as well as in test jobs.
Peter From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, August 5, 2024 5:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to "touch" mainframe files On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 16:12:12 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: >Well there you go: > >//MASK EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 >//STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=some.dataset.name > >Looked before, DOLR was 8/1; repeated to be sure looking at DOLR didn't change >DOLR (which would be Bad, but); ran job; now DOLR is 8/5. > Are we sure that STEPLIB allocation won't fail for some DSORG,, leaving DOLR unchanged? Will this behavior never change? OS designers cringe at the idea of users' relying on such side effects. As several years ago when initiation was changed so PGM=IEFBR14 might bypass some recalls, which could have broken a program a user chose to name IEFBR14. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
