Scott and Glenn, Unless you deliberately erase it by over-writing what was on the disk, the data is still out there.
The original poster was describing what I call an un-initialized data set. I.E., you allocated it but never opened it. Changes to the system, such as using SMS allocation, has helped, but as you found out, you can still get bit. Chris Blaicher Senior Software Engineer, Software Services Syncsort Incorporated 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 P: 201-930-8260 | M: 512-627-3803 E: [email protected] www.syncsort.com Check out our Knowledge Base at www.syncsort.com/support Syncsort aims for the best product and service experience. We welcome your feedback. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of glen herrmannsfeldt Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 10:15 AM To: MVS List Server 1 Subject: Re: IEFBR14 In article <[email protected]> you wrote: (not posted to the group) > Did you include DSORG=PS on the DD in the IEFBR14? I am fairly sure > this is necessary to have the system write an EOF during allocation. But what is on the disk if you don't? In the OS/360 days, you got left-overs from previous data. I am pretty sure for security reasons it doesn't do that anymore. -- glen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
