My prefix is always set to null - some work without the quotes others do not
Thanks -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: del alias command Check your TSO PROFILE PREFIX variable. Always safer to fully qualify and surround with quotes. If your PREFIX is NULL, it would have worked without quotes. On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Mark Steely <[email protected]> wrote: > We are z/OS v1r13. I have a confusing issue. We have a dataset that > get generated every week that has delete alias commands. I go to > option 3.4 and list the dataset and type ex to process the file. Most > of the alias's get deleted but some come up as not found. Then I try > typing in the del alias command from the command line "tso del x18860 > alias" and I receive the same error. If I put the alias name in single quotes > the command works. > Why do I need the quotes for some alias names but not for others. This > seems to have started with z/os V1r13. > > IDC3901I ERROR QUALIFYING X18860 > IDC3902I ** DEFAULT SERVICE ROUTINE ERROR CODE 20, LOCATE ERROR CODE 8 > IDC0014I LASTCC=8 > *** > > I also have updated IGGCAT00 and executed the command to activate it: > (this was done at least 6 months ago) > > /* REQUIRED MEMBER - DEFAULTS WIL BE USED - DO NOT DELETE V1R13 */ > EXTENDEDALIAS(YES) > > Thanks > > > Mark Steely > > > > ******* CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ******* > > > > This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may > contain legally privileged and confidential information intended > solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, > dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or > its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this > message from your system. > Thank you. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******* CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ******* This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your system. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
