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Minu Mary Raju

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:14 pm
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How do I delete the generations of a GDG without deleting the base. Could anyone please help me to solve this issue by providing a sample job?

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Minu.
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CICS Guy

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:19 pm
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You need IDCAMs to delete the base, simple deletes will not delete the base....
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expat

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:20 pm
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If you use the GDG base name in IEFBR14 then the generations get deleted but the base remains
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Minu Mary Raju

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:25 pm
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This has to be executed as a daily job which will delete the previous day's file for the following night's batch run.
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murmohk1

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:30 pm
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Minu,

Deletion of gens had been already answered by 'cics guy' and expat.

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This has to be executed as a daily job which will delete the previous day's file for the following night's batch run.

Just wanted to know, what kind of data does your gens have. I really dint get why have created a gdg for holding one gen at any point of time? You could have gone for simple flat file instead.
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:10 pm
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Hello,

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This has to be executed as a daily job which will delete the previous day's file
One of the main reasons (if not the main reason) for having gdg's is so that some number of previous files will be available.

Is there some reason to delete "yesterday's" file rather than simply letting it "roll off" naturally?
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:37 pm
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This has to be executed as a daily job which will delete the previous day's file
Hi,

If above is the requirement, why don't use a QSAM file with default DISP parametes...
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rajeshrs488

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:03 pm
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//MYJOB JOB (ER456),'RAMESH'
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//DEL1 DD DSN=MYLIB.LIB.TEST(0) <-- Current Version
// DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE)
//
this code will help u for deletion of gdg,with out deleting the base
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expat

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:21 pm
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rajeshrs488 wrote:
//MYJOB JOB (ER456),'RAMESH'
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//DEL1 DD DSN=MYLIB.LIB.TEST(0) <-- Current Version
// DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE)
//
this code will help u for deletion of gdg,with out deleting the base


Yes, but only the (0) generation though.
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zawx

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:26 am
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//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
DELETE TSOAP11.DATA.TEMP.GDG1 GDG PURGE
/*
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zawx

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:28 am
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The job can delete all generations.

//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
DELETE YOURTOSNAME.DATA.GDG1.*
/*
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:06 pm
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Hold down hold down guys, let 'Minu Mary Raju' come back to confirm what has been asked in earlier posts.

P.S.: 'Minu Mary Raju' ..a single person is logged in or.. icon_wink.gif
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