Help to delete GDG bases.

[Nitish Kumar]

Hi,

When I try to use IDCAMS DELETE like the shown below:

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//STEP01 EXEC IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=(,) 
//SYSIN DD * 
  DELETE the.gdg.base.file 
  IF MAXCC = 8 THEN - 
  SET MAXCC = 0 
/*
//*

I get a JCL PREP ERROR:

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1 ERROR MESSAGE(S) 
.JCPA JCP0429E 'FILE NAME' IS AN INVALID VALUE FOR 'DELETE' - LINE: 1  

Can you please suggest why this error comes? Or if you have other sample code that's different than this?

[Anuj Dhawan]

Hi,

Suggest you submit the job ignoring that message and see what happens?

[William Collins]

Other than being in lower-case (which may just be for posting here) there is nothing wrong with your DELETE ...

If you have the dataset name in lower-case, change it to uppers case. CAPS ON and type over any character on the line (with the same value) or put uc on that line in the line-area to the left of the screen.

[enrico-sorichetti]

every jcl checker has its own quirks.

nobody on any forum will bother to answer topics dealing with errors from jcl checkers

run the job and post the TRUE ibm signalled errors, and we will be glad to help

and, first and above all read the ibm manuals to see the proper idcams syntax
for deleting a GDG base

[Anuj Dhawan]

every jcl checker has its own quirks.

Precisely the point. And that's the reason I've requested submit the job.