I think it is saying that the system picks the volume from the referenced dsn, which must be cataloged (i.e. can't be a temp data set).
Joe On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 15:07:07 -0400, Joe Monk wrote: > > >REF allows you to place a data set on the same volume as the referenced > >data set. It must be cataloged on the system where it is referenced. > > > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/CD_PROC_LANG/com.ibm.help. > cdprocstmtsparams.doc/cdproc_stmt_zos_Process_Parameters.html > > > Not always, but good point: > ([SER=(serial-no, [serial-no,...]) | ,REF=dsn]) > specifies the volume serial number(s) containing the file and > optional processing associated > with the file. If VOL is not specified with the FROM parameter, > the file must be cataloged. > > (They're careless about distinction between "file" and "data set".) > > Is this trying to say that the default VOL for TO is the VOL specified on > FROM? > > Is it possible that Lionel is referring to a data set created in the same > COPY > command and COPY does not ALLOCATE/CATALOG that data set until the > command runs? > > But Lionel seems to indicate he's seeing a syntax error, not "Data set not > found". > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
