On Wednesday 22 February 2006 12:29, Thomas Conley wrote: > >> 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.
IBM provides the I option of the STOW macro to reset a PDS or PDSE. STOW-I only supported PDSEs originally, but it now supports PDSes as well. The problem is that it only works with DISP=OLD. Yes, it would be GREAT if IEBCOPY supported MOVE and RESET options in addition to simple COPY. Because I use MOVE and RESET functions a lot, I wrote my own IEBCOPY replacement almost 20 years ago. -- Gilbert Saint-Flour GSF Software http://gsf-soft.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
