If DISP=SHR (that is if not DISP is provided), then the JCL Default of (NEW,PASS) would happen and the job would fail
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 2:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z/OS JCl vs. VSE JCL: VSAM files > > Then, why does every VSAM DD for every z/OS site I have worked with, > always include DISP=SHR? > (I guess, because it's a habit from non-VSAM files and nobody told them they > did not have to do it.) > > Tony Thigpen > > John Clifford wrote on 07/10/2018 04:16 PM: > > Z/os VSAM is always accessed as DISP=SHR. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
