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Swetha Kunala
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Hi,
I need to delete some 100 datasets which are of the format
PNF.XX.ABC01,PNF.XX.ABC02 etc til PNF.XX.ABC1000.
COuld you please let me know how i can delete them at once using the IDCAMS utility ?
I also want to recreate these 1000 datasets.
How can this be done ?
Thanks,
Swetha |
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agkshirsagar
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expat
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You can't easily do this using IDCAMS because the wildcard can only be used for a complete dsn level.
If ABC1000 is DEFINITELY the last one then you can use the wildcard, but if there are more after ABC1000 you can't. |
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agkshirsagar
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I need to delete some 100 datasets which are of the format
PNF.XX.ABC01,PNF.XX.ABC02 etc til PNF.XX.ABC1000.
COuld you please let me know how i can delete them at once using the IDCAMS utility ?
I also want to recreate these 1000 datasets.
How can this be done ? |
Just a suggestion..
If these are not VSAM files, you should use GDGs for such datasets, it will be pretty easy to manage them.  |
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expat
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If these files are NOT VSAM, then here's a cutie that works. Rather than delete and redefine them again, I just null the files.
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/* REXX *** RESET DSN RATHER THAN DELETE DEFINE */
"FREE FI(SYSIN,SYSUT1,SYSUT2)"
"ALLOC FI(SYSIN) DUMMY"
"ALLOC FI(SYSUT1) DUMMY"
"EXECIO * DISKR DELETES ( STEM DELS. FINIS"
DO A = 1 TO DELS.0
DSN = STRIP(SUBSTR(DELS.A,1,44))
"FREE FI(SYSUT2)"
"ALLOC FI(SYSUT2) DA('"DSN"') SHR"
"IEBGENER"
END
"FREE FI(SYSIN,SYSUT1,SYSUT2)"
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It's run in batch with the DELETES DD * having a list of the datasets to be nulled. |
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