My memory was wrong on normal termination. I rarely use DISP defaults. I would expect you are correct for the MOD instance
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 3:07 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: z/OS JCl vs. VSE JCL: VSAM files > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:49:47 +0000, Gibney, Dave wrote: > > >If DISP=SHR (that is if not DISP is provided), then the JCL Default of > >(NEW,PASS) would happen and the job would fail > > > From the JCL Ref. > Defaults > v If you omit the status subparameter, the default is NEW. > v If you omit the normal termination disposition subparameter, the default > is > DELETE for a NEW data set or KEEP for an existing data set. > > Hmmm. Does this mean that fmr status MOD the data set will be deleted if > allocation created it but kept if it existed beforehand? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
