You don't mention what you want to use it for, but with SMS managed datasets part of the problem was eliminated, because SMS managed datasets automatically get an EOF. You can't anymore simply allocate a dataset and start reading the old data on the tracks.
Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bill Wilkie > Sent: 21 April, 2017 12:15 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Erase on Scratch > > I have been looking into the Erase on Scratch capability to erase all > extents of a data set but much of my research indicates that: > > 1. You must set up the data set names individually. > 2. It will not erase &&Temp data set names unless you: > a. Make the &&TEMP name a permanent name. > b. Map the temp name to a permanent name already being erased. > c. SETROPS ERASE(ALL) to erase all deleted data sets, which is very > slow. > > My question is "Is anyone using it" and if so how is it working out? > If you are not using it Why not? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
