Mark,

I'm curious - if the PDS is allocated with DISP=SHR, will IDCAMS use ISPF
compatible ENQs to serialize the member when deleting?

Kirk Wolf
Dovetailed Technologies
http://dovetail.com


On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Mark Zelden <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Oct 2013 18:14:15 +0300, Binyamin Dissen <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I am aware of the ISPF LM functions.
> >
> >I wonder if there is a native MVS or TSO command to easily do this.
> >
> >There is delete pds(member), but that requires exclusive access.
> >
> >There is IEHPROGM, but I would as soon just avoid it.
> >
> >--
>
> If you allocate the PDS as SHR, you can delete it with IDCAMS.  The
> same is true with TSO DELETE if you ALLOC the PDS as SHR to a DD first
> since it uses IDCAMS under the covers.
>
>
>
> //JS010  EXEC  PGM=IDCAMS
> //DD1      DD  DSN=MZELDEN.PDS,DISP=SHR
> //SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*
> //SYSUDUMP DD  SYSOUT=*
> //SYSIN    DD  *
>  DELETE MZELDEN.PDS(MEMBER) FILE(DD1)
> /*
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
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