"Al Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hi > > I am not a sysprog nor an expert. > I want to read a dataset(seq) which is created by JCL DISP=(NEW,) of a long > running job while the job is running. When i try to browse the dataset using > ISPF, I have 'dataset in use' msg. > I tried to rename the dataset using IDCAMS ALTER in the next step after the > creation step and tried to read the renamed dataset, but still no good. > The last step is the long running step which writes some records in the > dataset. > > Is it possible? am i wasting time? > Thanks in advance > > Al
This is not possible. The job has the dataset exclusive and this really means it has the dataset exlusively. There an other way, that might be usable for you: If the job can write to SYSOUT i.s.o. a dataset, you can read the output it has produced with SDSF while the job is running. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
