John Eells wrote: >I can't recall how this works under REXX, so...do you have WTPMSG turned on in >your TSO/E profile?
He really needs to do that for diagnosis. Something like this CLIST (Not REXX): WRITE MESSAGES WILL BE RECEIVED PROFILE WTPMSG MSGID INTERCOM >Also, while this could be a destructive test (which will make it hard to >answer the original question), what happens if you use the same delete command >in IDCAMS in batch? Good catch! Skip: Just a WAG, but check your accesses in RACF and also the FACILITY class profile STG.<whatever> just to be sure. > And, is this the only data set for which this happens? If so, all of them on the same catalog? Another question, what are you getting if you do a standard LISTC without using a CAT(<catalog>) keyword? Just try it. I'm sure there is something else hiding in the catalogs or volsers... >> IKJ56228I DATA SET SYS1.XCF.CDS03 NOT IN CATALOG OR CATALOG CAN NOT BE >> ACCESSED Do your command in batch as suggested and post the dynamic allocation error code. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN