In a word, yes.

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Charles Mills
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:04 PM
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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

 


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