Yeah, that's been a sore point for half a century. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2025 5:46 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Modern JCL for new Data Set Allocation External Message: Use Caution On Sat, 2 Aug 2025 21:31:32 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >MOD does some of what you want. > Except for the "overwrite" part. So, barely half. >________________________________________ >From: Paul Gilmartin >Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2025 11:13 AM > ... >I have long wished for a UNIX-like disposition statu >mmeaning, "NEW if possible; otherwise overwrite it. >I can simulate that wit an additional DD statement. -- 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
