Re: Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs

2018-10-09 Thread Charles Mills
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs Hi, Your conclusion is correct, but there is a currently known problem with PRO/JCL (from ASG) that erroneously says that it's not valid. There are actually several PRO/JCL problems that we have open with ASG c

Re: Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs

2018-10-09 Thread Brian Westerman
Hi, Your conclusion is correct, but there is a currently known problem with PRO/JCL (from ASG) that erroneously says that it's not valid. There are actually several PRO/JCL problems that we have open with ASG currently, related to GDG processing with tape and also tape processing with disp=MOD

Re: Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs

2018-10-08 Thread CM Poncelet
e > > >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of >> Lizette Koehler >> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 3:50 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs >> >> List - >>

Re: Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs

2018-10-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
to understand why some might think these sample coding is invalid. Thanks Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of > Lizette Koehler > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 3:50 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Question on

Re: Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs

2018-10-05 Thread Longabaugh, Robert E
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs CAUTION: This email originated from outside of CA. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. List - I am having a discussion on how a GDG is handled based on the DISP

Question on DISP=MOD and GDGs

2018-10-05 Thread Lizette Koehler
List - I am having a discussion on how a GDG is handled based on the DISP. I was always working from the position that the use of MOD changes JCL behavior slightly with a dataset. My understanding is: If using MOD then if the dataset does not exist, it is treated as NEW and if it exists then tr