John, Yes, that is the correct control statements to scratch the tape (assumption being that it is not an EDM tape).
Russell Witt Broadcom -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Dawes Sent: Friday, October 4, 2019 6:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: TLMS QUESTION - SCRATCH A TAPE G'Day, I want to scratch a tape which has a retention period of 1095 days. This is what it looks when I query the tape: RTN-SCHED(1) BY RMF 5DC1095 I saw this example in the TLMS doc. Would it scratch the tape? /* //TLMSINQR EXEC CATINQR //CAIIPT DD * //UPV T59631,SCRATCH=YES /* // ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN