Wait, so was Gil just asking whether there's a "danger" of (for example) the DSN not being there when I run DSDD, but then coïncidentally having been catalogued 20 milliseconds later when I start to try to create it?
I guess that's a function not of DSDD itself but of whatever routine uses it. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* The cities are for money but the high-up hills are purely for the soul. -from _Galloway_ by Louis L'Amour */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Lennie Bradshaw Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2024 09:33 TOCTTOU Time Of Check To Time Of Use -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: 22 August 2024 14:29 I don't know what TOCTTOU is. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 22:32 Does this have a TOCTTOU hazard? --- On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:04:34 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: >I have two external REXX execs that I use frequently (depending on which one >you need): > >TEMPDD returns a DD name that is guaranteed not to be currently in use; it's >up to the caller to allocate it. I can specify a prefix; for example, if I >call TEMPDD with arg "XYZ" then it might return "XYZ12345" or "XYZ01". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
