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vini · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:46 pm Post subject: Delete Multivolume DS

Someone pls let me know how to do this , as I get the message ' Invalid multivolume cmd ' when I use 'D' in TSO DS List utility option 3.4.

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

I always DELETE (spelled out) (not D) the items from the ISPF option 3.4 DS list.

vini · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:45 pm Post subject:

D works for all other kind of datasets atleast ,Ive never used DELETE. I tried DELETE and I got the following though it looks like the right cmd for multivolume. Is this always the warning message one gets with this cmd ?

Data Set Name . : WLFA.DB2BKUP.WAJI04DA.DEC.D061804
Volume . . . . : JI2400
Creation date . : 2004/06/18

CAUTION:
If TSO delete command was issued against an uncataloged data set, a
cataloged version on a volume other than the one listed here may be
deleted.

semigeezer · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:35 am Post subject:

yes, in ISPF 3.4 it is. D is an ISPF command. DEL or DELETE is a TSO command. The TSO command only works on cataloged data sets, or possibly data sets that are allocated to a ddname but are not cataloged. That last part is why the message warns you that you may not be deleting what you think you are deleting (though usually only systems programmers ever deal with uncataloged data sets).