her eis an alternative we developer years ago (not the best but it works)
step 1 - IEHLIST - to punch a list of member names step 2 - report writer to remove unwanted lines from output and format for next step step 3 - IEHPROGM - to delete member by member step4 - IEBCOPY to itself to free up directory entries Chris Hoelscher Senior IDMS & DB2 Database Administrator Humana Inc 502-476-2538 choelsc...@humana.com you only need to test the programs that you want to work correctly From: CUNY Yann <yc...@externe.generali.fr> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 07/07/2009 06:09 Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Delete all members of a PDS with JCL Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> Hi all, I would like to delete all members of a PDS with JCL but I don't want to specify the members names. (The job will be submitted every day : I don't know the members names and how much members are in this PDS). I don't want to use REXX even if it's easier. Regards. Cordialement, Yann Cuny Groupe GENERALI Industrialisation et Gestion des Environnements * 01 58 34 12 64 * yc...@externe.generali.fr P Pensez « environnement », n'imprimez ce mail que si cela est nécessaire... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html