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I am trying to open (thru' cobol program as input) 2 files that resides on same tape volume . The 1st file is correctly opened, however the 2nd file failed to open giving file status 90.
How can i resolve this? I tried a search in google for a possible solution, but in vain.

Any help is appreciated

I recommend that you code UNIT=AFF=ddname1 on the DD statement for the second file.

here ddname1, should it be the name of 1st file ddname, correct me if i am wrong

That is correct.

Hello and welcome to the forum,

You do realize that you should not try to open both of them at the same time . . .

dick scherrer wrote:Hello and welcome to the forum,

You do realize that you should not try to open both of them at the same time . . .

Good point; I didn't think of that

Someone here tried this only recently. . . .

Thought this might be similar

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Example for multiple dataset tapes on same tape drive (same DD):

Hello,

From the post, i don't know if this was/is a concatenation issue or 2 different ddnames entirely. . .

dick scherrer wrote:Hello,

From the post, i don't know if this was/is a concatenation issue or 2 different ddnames entirely. . .

I was thinking that too.

…or 2 different files on the same tape!
// LABEL=(1,SL) {1st FILE ON TAPE}
// LABEL=(2,SL) {2ND FILE ON TAPE}