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gurivireddy · Beginner Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Posts: 1 Topics: 1

hi,
what is the exact difference b/w keep and pass while using in jcl for dispositional parameters.

kolusu · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 1:10 pm Post subject:

gurivireddy,

KEEP indicates that the data set is to be kept on the volume if this step terminates normally.For new SMS-managed data sets, KEEP implies CATLG.

A disposition of PASS is used if you want the data set is to be passed for use by a subsequent step in the same job.A data set can be passed only within a job.If you specify DISP=(NEW,PASS) but, at the end of the job, one or more data sets were not received by any job step then the dataset is DELETED at the end of the job.

Hope this helps...

cheers

kolusu