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Dynamic allocation - freeing but keeping

Postby ctrevino » Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:10 pm

Hi all,
I am still working on my dynamic allocation routine. I have everything working but this: when I execute the FREE FI(dsn) command, it is deleting the dataset. How can I free up the DALDUMMY so that I can create a new dataset but not loose the one that I just freed.

Thanks in advance,

Christy
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Re: Dynamic allocation - freeing but keeping

Postby Robert Sample » Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:51 pm

When you free the data set, the disposition controls what happens to it. Change the disposition and you'll change the results.
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