DELETING A DATASET IN REXX

Meenu Mohankumar · New User Joined: 02 Nov 2011 Posts: 2 Location: INDIA

I am trying to delete a dataset after completing a particular operation. The name of the dataset is dynamically assigned each time.
For ex.

TEMP = “MY.DATASET.” !! comp

I used the following command to delete the dataset after operation

TSO ADDRESS
“DELETE ‘”TEMP”’” also

TSO ADDRESS
“DELETE ‘TEMP’”

The error was invalid dataset name. Could you please help me with this.

vasanthz · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:27 am

Maybe try
ADDRESS TSO "DEL '"TEMP"'"

If you still run into errors, run the program with trace & post the error message.

Hope it helps.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:13 pm

I wish people would learn how to post and how to do the <symptom> collection in order to get proper help.

for a REXX using <pure> TSO environment
ADDRESS TSO is assumed ( it' s a personal preference to always use it )
so a plain command is perfectly valid
the thing I would have liked to see was the whining about a -3 return code from TSO ADDRESS

is there any reason not to trust the system for the message You receive
and wonder why the dataset name is invalid

read the manuals about the proper format of a dataset name

expat · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:20 pm

And I would ask why the dataset should be deleted using REXX

What's wrong with using plain old simple JCL, if it's defined in the JCL it can be deleted in the JCL

Meenu Mohankumar · New User Joined: 02 Nov 2011 Posts: 2 Location: INDIA

@enrico-sorichetti

i appreciate your quick reply but i'm pretty sure the "invalid dataset"
is not due to the TSO ADDRESS because thats not how i have implemented in my code. Guess it was a typo here.

@expat

The input dataset is created to hold a program for analysis for which the logic is written in the rexx routine. After the analysis is done and the output is wriiten the input dataset needs to be deleted.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:32 pm

Akatsukami · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:42 pm

I recommend to you, Meenu:

That you take vasanthz's suggestion, run the exec with a trace (I normally use TRACE I, although many here prefer TRACE R), and, if the error does not become obvious, post the output here.
That the output, and any similar materials, be a copy-and-paste from your emulator window, not a screen shot (grossly wasteful of space) or an attachment (which many cannot open and/or download); you will thus avoid embarrassing and misleading mistakes such as typing "TSO ADDRESS" instead of "ADDRESS TSO".
That as appropriate you enclose things in code tags, thus:

Code:

This shows the use of code tags.

which preserves alignment and multiple spaces.

These things will make it easier for us to aid you.