TSO ALLOCATE does not have an abnormal disposition field like DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE).
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM Pommier, Rex < [email protected]> wrote: > No, go reread the doc snippets provided. The "NEW" implies CATLG, and the > CATLG DELETE are separate parameters, and it appears TSO only takes the > last one. So your using DELETE overrode the CATLG. From what I read, all > you needed was NEW and neither of the close disposition parameters. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Joseph Reichman > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2025 11:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Contention problem TSO and batch job > > Did new catalog keep and then freed was still there > > Maybe sonme how there was abend that wasn’t displayed and as the last > parameter was delete it deleted > > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM Paul Gilmartin < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:05:17 -0500, Charles Mills wrote: > > > > >ALLOC may well take whatever you specify last and ignore what came > > >before > > -- I don't know. NEW CATLG DELETE is adding to the confusion. Try just > > NEW CATLG. > > > > > Taking the last of conflicting options is typical UNIX behavior. > > But many participants of this forum despise all things UNIX. > > > > Is this documented for ALLOCATE, or in the frontmatter for TSO > > commands generally. Particular mention is needed where TSO behavior > > differs from the expectation of JCL programmers. > > > > -- > > gil > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
