In a word, yes. Christopher Y. Blaicher BMC Software, Inc. Austin Development Labs (512) 340-6154 The comments made are my personal opinions. BMC Software, Inc. makes no representations or promises regarding the reliability, completeness, or accuracy of the information provided in this discussion; all readers agree not to rely on this information or take any action against BMC Software in response to this information.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: DD FREE=CLOSE -- when effective? The z/OS 1.7 JCL reference says Note: Specifying FREE will not release the enqueue on the data set until the last step that requires the data set completes processing. Am I correct in assuming that does not mean what it says; that what it should say is something like "Coding FREE=CLOSE has no effect except when it is coded in the last jobstep that refers to the dataset"? I am actually interested in using SVC 99 allocate with the FREE text unit (whose documentation refers in turn to the restriction above). Am I correct in assuming that (barring some other allocation of the dataset) that coding this text unit will cause the dataset ENQ to be released when the dataset is closed? Charles Mills +1-707-291-0908 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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