How to free a file?

sriramvempaty · New User Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 18 Location: india

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).

agkshirsagar · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:04 pm

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.

sriramvempaty · New User Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 18 Location: india

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.

HappySrinu · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 194 Location: India

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

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:34 pm

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
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