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Dasarij · Beginner Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Topics: 1

Hi,

As far as I know DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE) means the file will be deleted incase of an abend. But in my case when a User Abend occurs the file was not deleted (basically its a GDG version).

Is there any special processing for USER Abend case ? Someone please clarify this.

Regards,
Jay

kolusu · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:06 am Post subject:

Dasarij,

The GDG version WILL be deleted if the job abended. If the Job issues a user return code and does not abend then the GDG version will be retained. To test it run the following job and see the JESYSMSG. It would say that the GDG is allocated and later deleted.

Dasarij · Beginner Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Topics: 1

Thanks Kolusu.

mrinalsolanki · Beginner Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 56 Topics: 16

Hello,
I have a JCL with 2 steps in it. In my first step i am incrementing the version of my GDG. The next step is a program call where i am calling some fictitious program. In case the second step abends should the JCL be incrementing version of GDG?

Though i have read the GDG version does not get incremented until job completes successfully but for some reason GDG version gets incremented even though step 2 abended.

ANY HELP

I used following JCL for testing this:

//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//GDGDD2 DD DSNAME=DEVP.GDG01.TEST(+1),
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// SPACE=(TRK,(50,100),RLSE),
// DCB=(SC.MODEL.DSCB,RECFM=VB,BLKSIZE=10796,LRECL=10792)
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN DD *
/*
//STEP2 EXEC PGM=ABEND
//

kolusu · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:13 am Post subject:

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:21 am Post subject:

I believe that if the STEP creating the GDG ABnormally ENDS or terminates, the DISP parameters of NEW, CATLG, DELETE (as Kolusu has said) will take effect.

But those DISP parms are for a STEP, not the JOB. So, if you create a DS in one step and it terminates normally, the DISP parm of CATLG takes effect. IF you ABEND in a subsequent step that does not allocate the DS the DS stays.

Other scenarios exist:
If you were to code DISP=(OLD,DELETE,KEEP) in a subsequent step that was to copy the previously created DS and then delete it: If the copy step abends, the DS would still exist for a restart. If the copy step terminates normally, then the DS would be copied and then deleted.

You have to plan for restart as well as successful conclusion and continued processing.

Sorry, Kolusu, I noticed that you already answered and maybe I am providing too much info.
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American living in Varel, Germany

mrinalsolanki · Beginner Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 56 Topics: 16

Thank you much Very Happy