>>If you create a Generation Data Set with JCL using +1 in one step, >>and want to refer to it in a subsequent step in the job, you >>reference it as +1. If you want to create another GDS for the same >>GDG, you would specify +2. >> >OK. > >If a job uses +2 but never mentions +1, is an error reported? >What if the step that creates +1 is skipped by COND or IF?
The FM says: "Though any positive relative generation number can be used, a number greater than 1 can cause absolute generation numbers to be skipped. For example, if you have a single step job, and the generation being cataloged is a +2, one generation number is skipped. However, in a multiple-step job, one step might have a +1 and a second step a +2, in which case no numbers are skipped." -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
