John Gilmore wrote: >IEHMOVE did require a DD statement for the target, move-to dataset; and I did >not, of course, say that it did not.
>It did not, however, move the source dataset directly to this target. Instead >it allocated storage for a very different >********.********,,,,,,******** target dataset dynamically. Only after it had >notionally completed its move to that interim, dynamically allocated dataset >successfully did it rename it and scratch the source dataset. I have observed that behaviour for large datasets on a slow system. You could actually see that temp dsn. Thanks John. Much appreciated. >In particular, IEHMOVE sometimes scratched the source dataset in circumstances >in which the target dataset was unavailable/unusable. Interesting. I think I also observed failed moves, but can't remember the fine details. What RC and messages did it gave in such cases? Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
