How to allocate file using rexx

praveenmaga · New User Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Bangalore

When I try to run my rexx thru online, the following message is populated.
"PBCL.LISTID.LIST1' file is already allocated. Please help me what i am doing syntex error.
INVALID DATA SET NAME, "PBCL.LIDID.LIST1"
MISSING DATA SET NAME OR *+
MISSING NAME OF DATA SET TO BE ALLOCATED
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My rexx code:
/*******REXX**********/
'ALLOCATE DDN(HI) DSN("PBCL.LIDID.LIST1") SHR'

superk · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:21 am

You have the quotation marks backwards. It should be:

/*******REXX**********/
"ALLOCATE DDN(HI) DSN('PBCL.LIDID.LIST1') SHR"

superk · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:22 am

... and you should get yourself into the habit of always using REUSE

/*******REXX**********/
"ALLOCATE DDN(HI) DSN('PBCL.LIDID.LIST1') SHR REUSE"

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:36 am

and be sure to FREE dsn in your REXX script.

If your REXX script bombs before your script executes the FREE dsn statement,
you can do a command line TSO FREEE 'dsn' before you test your REXX script again.

praveenmaga · New User Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 6 Location: Bangalore

thnx..its working fine now.

expat · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:47 pm

Easy enough to duplicate one line that frees all of the files used in a REXX, one copy at the start, one at the end.