Only if the job doesn't have a subsequent step with a DD for the same dataset.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 2:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DEQ dynamically On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:40:49 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: > >BPXWDYN is just a fron end; ultimately it goes to the same DYNALLOC (SVC 99) >as any other allocation. > >GRS maintains a global reference count for any resource, not just SYSDSN. > Does that imply that if I have a DSN allocated by a JCL DD statement and I do a DYNALLOC FREE, the count becomes 0 and the DSN is immediately available to other jobs? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN