My guess is, if the dataset isn't cataloged, then you must specify a volser and
unit to find the dataset, because it isn't a temp dataset.
Cliff McNeill
>
> I have an end user job that is getting a JCL error and I know how to fix it
> but I can't explain exactly why it's failing. I can recreate the error with
> the following JCL:
>
> //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
> //DD1 DD DSN=F00.DUMMY,DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE),
> // UNIT=TEMPSTOR,SPACE=(TRK,1),RECFM=FB,LRECL=80
> //STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
> //DD1 DD *
> RECORD1
> // DD DSN=F00.DUMMY,DISP=OLD
> //STEP3 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
> //DD1 DD DSN=F00.DUMMY,DISP=(OLD,DELETE,KEEP)
>
> F00.DUMMY gets allocated in STEP1 and is deleted at the end of STEP2 causing
> STEP3 to get a JCL error. I can correct the situation by specifying
> DISP=(OLD,PASS) in STEP2 or simply removing STEP3. My question is why does
> the dataset get deleted in STEP2?
>
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