You could write 255 bytes of hex FF to the first directory block. That in essence will make all the members inaccessible.
Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Inc. Tampa, FL -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Conley Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Supported method to empty PDS in Batch ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:00 AM Subject: IBM Supported method to empty PDS in Batch > > I have dug high and low and have not been able to find a way to empty a > PDS that meets the following requirements: > 1) Executes in batch > 2) Provided and ***supported*** by IBM (not CBT, not DIY rexx code, not > requiring SAS/PDSMAN/PDSFAST/etc...) > > Am I missing something totally obvious? If so, how is it done? > If there is in fact no such capability, can anyone explain why on Earth > that might be? > Would it be that hard to add the capability to IEBCOPY say? > The only IBM-supported method to empty a PDS is to delete it and reallocate it. Regards, Tom Conley ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
