AFAIK the allocation done by EX(EC) lasts only for the duration of the script execution. Of course if the data set has been independently allocated to SYSPROC or SYSEXEC, then that allocation will persist.
. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-302-7535 Office robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 11:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: SYSPROC Concatenation? On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 15:28:30 +0000, J R wrote: >> o Isn't the argument to EX a DDNAME, not a DSNAME? > >No! > I stand corrected; I had it exactly backward (I intended the reverse.) But the prior ply used "ex sysproc(logon)", and SYSPROC is conventionally a DDNAME. And by Jesse's clarification, that means: EXEC 'tso-pref.SYSPROC.CLIST(LOGON)' >> o What causes that PDS to be allocated? > >The EX command. > Am I correct that allocation is temporary, and FREEd when EXEC completes? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
