I think the standard answer would be - PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE(IT DEPENDS)
Thanks, Jim Weidt Senior Systems Engineer Jostens Inc. Office: 952-838-7555 Cell: 612-419-3738 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail communication and any attached documentation may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure and is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s). It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized person. The use, distribution, transmittal or retransmittal by an unintended recipient of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please delete it from your system without copying it and notify the above sender. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: I love this job (was Re: PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE) I don't see the problem, just use PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE(MAYBE) :-) Mark Jacobs -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Mark Zelden Sent: Thu 9/18/2008 4:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: I love this job (was Re: PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE) On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:58:29 -0500, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was forced to test >this some weeks back as a work around to problem on one of our >z/OS 1.9 systems (see HIPER APAR OA25618 - PTFs available 07/17/08). > >(** Most, not all... see recent DFSMSdss APAR OA21934) > Bug #1 - OA25618. Work around: PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE(YES) Bug #2 - OA21934. Work around: PDSE(1)_BUFFER_BEYOND_CLOSE(NO) Got it? Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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