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Vinay Pushpala
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Hi all,
I need to know if there a way to force delete a ps file when it is opened by other users (in view or browse mode). All I know is PURGE option.
For example I use this in a job:
DELETE 'DATASETNAME' PURGE
Could anyone let me know if there any other way to do it ?
Any inputs can be helpful. |
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Robert Sample
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| WHY do you want to delete a data set opened by another user? This can lead to various problems up to and including corruption of the catalog, rendering the entire LPAR useless. |
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Vinay Pushpala
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Hi Robert,
This is a problem I am facing now. I am trying to run a job which delete some data sets. But the message I get is that the data set is open.
I faced the same issue in the past. The delete & purge statement was working until yesterday. The same job is producing an error now.
The DELETE & PURGE might not work always as it is happening now.
And @Robert, yes, you are right about the standards & LPAR. Just wanted to know if there is any other ways to do it.
Thank you. |
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Terry Heinze
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Delete the user, not the dataset.  |
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Akatsukami
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| Terry Heinze wrote: |
| Delete the user, not the dataset. |
I concur. It's a relatively simple thing to find out who has an ENQ on a data set, and to take the appropriate action (anything from a gentle IM to a sarky e-mail to his manager.)
(Incidentally, on my first project mumblety years ago, we used a DG Nova mini for data collection. The command for forcing a logoff was KILL. The operator's manual noted that, as the system could not be shut down if anyone was logged on, it might be necessary to KILL a user  ) |
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Robert Sample
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Option 1 would be to use DISP=OLD on a DD statement so the job won't execute until the data set can be deleted.
Option 2 would be to manually find who has the ENQ on the data set and knock that user off the system.
The option you do NOT want to use is to attempt to delete the data set while it is in use by someone else. |
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Terry Heinze
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| The command for forcing a logoff was KILL. |
I think one of the old DEC machines used that same command! |
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enrico-sorichetti
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on the other side... BSD has the BLESS command  |
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