> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 11:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: LMDLIST GROUP option question - How to change/override > UNIT(SYSDA)? > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:03:39 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > > > >I am using the LMDLIST service with the GROUP option in ISPF to save a list > >of certain > datasets. The GROUP option saves the list to a dataset with name > &PREFIX.group- > value.DATASETS, but it uses UNIT(SYSDA) to create this dataset. > > > >Is there a way to change the UNIT used by ISPF LMDLIST to a different > >esoteric unit > value? SYSDA here allocates to a storage pool on WORKxx volumes where > datasets are > deleted in a very short time (usually just a few minutes, sometimes less). > We programmers > use a different unit esoteric to create permanent datasets in a different > storage pool, and I > need LMDLIST to use that testing unit esoteric in place of SYSDA. > > > >TIA for any help or RTFM you can provide. > > > Aren't there better ways of allocating temporary data sets than by > relying on esoteric names? SMS guidelines?
It's not a temporary dataset as SMS and JCL use the term. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
