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sriramvempaty

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:30 am
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Hi,
I ran debugger and in between i came out of debugger when my input file is in OPEN state. When i tried running debugger again i'm getting error as DATA SET IS OPEN. Can anybody tell me how to free this file.(i think there is command FREE.... to free the file).
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agkshirsagar

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:04 pm
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Yes you are right.
TSO FREE DA('your file name')

You can use TSO ISRDDN panel to see your file allocated there and free it interactively.
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sriramvempaty

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:09 am
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Hi,

As u said i tried both the options but didn't worked out.
As a temporary solution every time i face the problem i'm reconnecting to mainframe and my dataset is getting unallocated.
Are there anyother ways thru which we can unallocate the dataset?

Thanks,
sriram.
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HappySrinu

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:55 pm
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try this option..on cmd option 6 in ISPF

TSO FREE FI(SYSEXEC) DA(YOUR.DSN.REXX') SHR

SYSEXEC - DDNAME as said before get from TSO ISRDDN
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:34 pm
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The main point is that ...
You cannot free a dataset if it is open

review Your operating procedure in order to leave Your debugging session in a good state
( all files closed )
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