On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:40:07 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>Allocation doesn't do an OPEN. But why call an SVC 99 interface to allocate a
>ddname that you plan to never OPEN?
>
From the JCL Ref.:
DD: PATHOPTS
...
And if:
• The file does not exist,
Then MVS performs an open() function. The options from PATHOPTS, the pathname
from the PATH parameter, and the options from PATHMODE (if specified) are used
in the open(). MVS uses the close() function to close the file before the
application program receives control.
>From: Paul Gilmartin
>Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 3:27 PM
>
>I believe ALLOCATE PATH= causes momentary open() to validate, then
>close() of PATH.
-- gil
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