On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:33:55 -0500 "Hansen, Dave L - Eagan, MN" <[email protected]> wrote:
:>Group, :> :> We are running z/OS V1R13 and a product called VPS. I wrote some code to ADD, UPDATE and DELETE members of a PDS. It worked fine until VPS came up. :> I see that the VPS started task "OWNS SHR" the dataset. :> I need to allocate a dataset exclusively (EXCL/DISP=MOD) to do a delete from REXX (or batch). Says who? :> I can go out by hand using 3.4 and delete all I want from the dataset while VPS is up. :> I asked the vendor if they can FREE the dataset after program initialization. Waiting to hear back. :>Q). What is the best way to delete a PDS member while the started task has it allocated DISP=SHR? Whatever works best for you. -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
